Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202340519 - Employee killed in fall from scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 202340519 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 11/19/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306990375	11/25/2003	1542	236220	Salvatore Basile Inc.

Abstract: On November 19, 2003, Employee #1, a construction worker for Salvatore Basile, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, was working on a scissor lift that did not have a guardrail in place on one side, when he fell approximately 10 feet and hit his head, sustaining a concussion. He was taken to the hospital, where he slipped into a coma and was declared brain dead on November 24, 2003. The next day his organs were harvested to be donated and his respirator was disconnected, and he was taken to the ME for autopsy.

Keywords: HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCUSSION, UNGUARDED, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306990375			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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