Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202023545 - Employee Is Killed When He Falls from Unguarded Platform

Accident Summary Nr: 202023545 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 10/19/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309389898	10/19/2005	1741	238140	B. S. Construction

Abstract: On October 19, 2005, Employee #1 was cleaning brick work. He was standing on an outrigger platform on a tubular welded scaffold. He climbed under the guardrail and out on to an unguarded portion of the outrigger planks. He was going to clean the edge of the brick wall, when he fell approximately 31 ft and died.

Keywords: PLATFORM, GUARDRAIL, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, BRICK, FALL, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	4	38	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309389898			Fatality	Concussion	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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