Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 77945.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and is killed.

Accident Summary Nr: 77945.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 07/08/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1076225.015	07/08/2015		238140	Masonry Preservation Services Inc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on July 8, 2015, an employee was preparing to move the mast-climber scaffold down to the ground. Witnesses reported they thought he stepped on a 1/2 inch piece of plywood that was covering the mast hole. They believe the plywood broke and he fell to the deck below. The witnesses did not see him fall through the plywood. The employee fell 90 feet, and was killed due to multiple traumatic impact injuries. The employee was not wearing any fall protection.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Scaffold, Shipyard

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			10		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1076225.015	47	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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