Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 303383012 - Construction employee is killed in a fall

Accident Summary Nr: 303383012 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 11/22/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303383012	11/30/2000	1521	0	Morrison Builders, Inc.

Abstract: On November 24, 2000, a construction employee fell from a second floor landing, approximately 10 feet above the lower level. The employee walked off the edge of the landing as he was moving a scaffold board that had been stored in the bedroom section of the resident. There was no guardrail system in place on the landing and stairway at the time of the accident. The employee died from a concussion.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LEADING EDGE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303383012			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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