Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202494068 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202494068 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 05/11/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314462896	05/11/2010	1799	238390	N.G.A. Construction Co.

Abstract: On May 11, 2010, an employee and a coworker were working on a gut-rehab and floor addition worksite. They were working from an extendable aluminum bridge which connected two Alum-A-Pole Scaffolding System pump jack scaffolds. Their fall protection system consisted of Safewaz Model Number 10910 Universal Harnesses with rope grab lanyards and three independent lines attached to Safewaze anchor points nailed into the roof. They were applying a Hardie Panel exterior wall application with a Hitachi nail-gun to attach furring strips. They were working left to right, but debris netting had become entangled in the extendable platform bridge section of the scaffold. According to the coworker, the employee unhooked his lanyard to untangle the netting and slipped. The employee fell approximately 10 feet glancing off the metal fire escape, and then fell approximately 20 more feet to the top of the sidewalk shed below. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, LANYARD, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	5	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314462896			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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