Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202473559 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 202473559 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 06/08/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307184846	06/08/2007	1521	236115	Jamal Rahman

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on June 8, 2007, Employee #1, a laborer, was working for a subcontractor during the construction of a single-family residence. The subcontractor was unlicensed. As Employee #1 was working from a rolling scaffold that was about 15 feet from the ground, plastering and taping a dome ceiling, he fell and was killed. Employee #1 was discovered lying on his side in a pool of blood next to the rolling scaffold. The accident investigation revealed that the scaffold did not have and type of railing or guard on the sides. In addition, the wheels of the rolling scaffold did not have a locking mechanism.

Keywords: HEAD, RAIL, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307184846			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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