Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 935049 - Employee killed in fall from church belfry

Accident Summary Nr: 935049 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 05/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300506292	05/07/1999	1761	0	Francis W. Allard

Abstract: On May 7, 1999, Employee #1 was standing on a pump jack scaffold, placing a piece of leaded copper on the dome of a church. A coworker, who was on the same scaffold, saw him step back and fall onto a lower roof level (belfry) and then onto the sidewalk at the front of the church, a total distance of approximately 70 ft. Employee #1 died of multiple internal injuries sustained in the fall. He was wearing a full-body harness but was not tethered to the horizontal line that had been installed by the same workers the week prior to the accident.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300506292			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 70 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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