Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 80551.015 - Employee killed in fall from a breezeway bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 80551.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 10/17/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1101427.015	10/23/2015		238160	Jose Luis Estrada

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on October 17, 2015, an employee was cleaning up construction debris and scrap created by a roof decking crew. The employee was standing on a second-story breezeway bridge while collecting scrap lumber handed down by the employee on the roof. As a result of falling 11 ft from an unprotected edge of the bridge, the employee was killed from blunt force injuries to the skull.

Keywords: Bridge, Fall, Head, Roof Decking

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1101427.015	18	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause:

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