Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202079430 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffold Into Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 202079430 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 04/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312162944	04/21/2008	1741	238140	Merrill Masonry Inc

Abstract: On April 21, 2008, Employee #1 was working on a scaffold, when he fell from the scaffolding and traveled through an unguarded metal doorframe into an open elevator shaft inside a building under construction. He died from unspecified injuries sustained in the fall.

Keywords: FALL, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	32	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312162944			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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