Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 85227.015 - Employee falls under scaffold's midrail and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 85227.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/17/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1108581.015	11/17/2015		238120	Steeltech Reinforcing Inc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on November 17, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a construction contractor at a multiemployer construction site, was returning to his work area after a break. He was walking along a scaffold. To avoid a rebar that was protruding into the scaffold, Employee #1 walked around the rebar next to the guardrail. The guardrail's midrail was not properly adjusted, and Employee #1 fell underneath the midrail, a fall height of 27 feet. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Inadequate Maint, Midrail, Rebar, Scaffold, Walk Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	36	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1108581.015	21	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 27 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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