Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202004347 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202004347 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 06/27/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305372195	06/30/2003	1793	238150	Metalan Erectors Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a mast climbing scaffold installing rubber around a window when he fell approximately 85 ft to the ground. He was killed. The area where Employee #1 was working did not have an adequate guardrail system.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	24		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305372195			Fatality	Other	Glaziers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 85 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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