Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202341889 - Employee killed in four-story fall from fire escape

Accident Summary Nr: 202341889 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 11/02/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311441497	11/02/2007	1741	238140	First Quality Contracting Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 2, 2007, Employee #1 was cleaning up the fire escape on a five-story apartment building after he had finished using it as a work platform for a day of brick pointing. He was walking from the fifth level fire escape to the roof when the guardrail on the stairs broke and he fell approximately 35 ft to the second-floor fire escape. Employee #1 was transported to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Keywords: STAIR, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CLEANING, FIRE ESCAPE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HANDRAIL, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	5	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311441497			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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