Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 644534 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 644534 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 05/18/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2077899	05/19/1994	1761	0	K & K Construction Of Queens County,Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 5:50 p.m. on May 19, 1994, Employee #1 was assumed to be cleaning the roof or scaffold after a rain. Employee #1 may have stepped on the plank of the scaffold which broke due to his weight of 160 pounds. Employee #1 fell 55 feet from the fifth-floor level of the tubular welded frame scaffold (between the building wall and scaffold) to the first floor cafeteria roof and was killed. Employee #1 fell either while he was on the scaffold or while he was jumping from the roof to the scaffold. The scaffold was more than 12 inches from the building which may have contributed to the poor planking condition.

Keywords: ROOF, PLANK, FALL, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000	5	55	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	2077899			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 55 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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