Accident Report Detail

Accident: 84677.015 - Worker Is Killed In Fall From Scaffold

**Accident: 84677.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 04/20/2016**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1141827.015	04/20/2016		Paco Drywall Llc

At 3:30 p.m. on April 20, 2016, a worker was erecting a scaffold in an elevator shaft. As he installed the scaffold planking, he fell through an unsecured secti on of railing and struck the elevator pit floor. The worker died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: elevated work platform, elevator shaft, fall, fall protection, residential construction, scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			5		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1141827.015	25	M	Fatality		Drywall installers	FallDist: 50 FallHt:50 Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors FatCause:

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