Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 812693 - Employee killed in fall through scaffold planks

Accident Summary Nr: 812693 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 12/27/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303888366	01/02/2001	1522	0	Lifestyle Innovative Builders, Inc.

Abstract: On December 27, 2000, Employee #1 was working from an 11 ft high scaffold on a brick laying operation at a residential construction project. He fell into an opening between the scaffold planking, landing on a cement step. Employee #1 was killed. No form of fall protection had been provided, and the work platform had not been properly set up.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	11	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303888366			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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