Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202287751 - Employee injures head in fall from scaffold, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 202287751 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109314328	07/18/1997	1542	0	Mark Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were installing a soffit under the canopy of the west side of a new post office. Employee #1 and one coworker were working off of separate mobile scaffolds, each approximately 5 ft 6 in. high. The foreman helped by resupplying them with soffit material and other tools. As they were finishing up for the day, the coworker on the other scaffold heard Employee #1 made a strange sound. Immediately afterward, Employee #1 fell, head first, to the sidewalk. He sustained massive head injuries, from which he later died. The coworker was not facing Employee #1 and therefore did not see what happened just before the fall. The foreman had left the area just before the accident to complete another task.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

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	25		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109314328			Fatality	Concussion	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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