Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 77431.015 - Employee falls from height and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 77431.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 06/15/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1071294.015	06/16/2015		238170	Tm Supply

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 p.m. on June 15, 2015, Employee #1 and a coworker were going to retrieve braces for a pump jump scaffold that were located on the roof of a residential building. A trash basket constructed of plywood was approximately 4 feet by 8 feet with three sides and a bottom and an open side to the front. The trash basket was constructed at the site and used by all working at the site. The trash basket was attached to a rough terrain forklift and they were going to use it to access the roof. Employee #1 got into the trash basket and the coworker elevated him. Employee #1 was elevated to approximately the second level window of the building when he moved from the center of the trash basket to the side causing the box to fall from the fork tines to the concrete ground. Employee #1 sustained blunt force trauma to the head and torso and died.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Head, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Residential Construction, Torso, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1071294.015	52	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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