Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202013314 - Employee killed in fall from hanging scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202013314 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 08/26/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302806179	08/28/2000	1622	0	Defoe Corp.

Abstract: On August 26, 2000, Employee #1 and a coworker were stripping concrete forms from a hanging scaffold. When Employee #1 was descending a vertical ladder towards the platform, a tractor trailer struck the hanging scaffold. Employee #1 fell approximately 13 ft to the ground and was killed. He was not tied-off.

Keywords: PLATFORM, CONCRETE FORM WORK, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, DESCENDING, FALL, TRACTOR TRAILER, TIE-OFF, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302806179			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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