Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 89027.015 - Employee falls from a pump jack scaffold and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 89027.015 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 09/21/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1178905.015	09/28/2016		238320	Wayne Foley

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on September 21, 2016, an employee was washing the siding of a building. The left wooden pump jack pole, constructed of 2 by 4's, collapsed/snapped at one of the joints causing the employee to fall from the scaffold plank on to a paved driveway. The employee sustained fractured skull and was killed.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Jack, Residential Construction, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1178905.015	51	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 21 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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