Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 664318 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold board

Accident Summary Nr: 664318 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 10/16/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123212169	10/21/1996	1721	0	George Campbell Painting Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 p.m. on October 16, 1996, Employee #1 was removing a 20 foot by 40 foot tarp containment curtain that was on one side of a lead containment area under a bridge. He was standing on an aluminum staging scaffold board that was 32 feet long and 28 inches wide. The scaffold board was suspended 30 feet above the work containment platform and 110 feet above ground level. The scaffold board was lying on two inch runs of wire rope and secured to the wire rope by poly rope. Guardrails were not provided on the scaffold. The employees were required to use body harnesses tied off to wire or poly rope lifelines. Employee #1 was wearing a harness and two lanyards, but was not attached to the lifeline. As a result, he fell over the containment structure and landed on the ground. Employee #1 sustained multiple bodily injuries and died. The area of the fall was illuminated with spotlights and the tarps were blowing around due to high winds.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair				110	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123212169			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 110 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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