Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94589.015 - Employee falls from vertical ladder and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 94589.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 04/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1223701.015	04/06/2017		237120	Performance Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 5, 2017, an employee was climbing a vertical ladder to access a scaffold platform. The employee fell 60 feet to a lower platform walkway and was not tied off. The employee sustained a concussion and broken bones. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Concussion, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fracture, Ladder, Platform, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	139		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1223701.015	26	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: 60 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 139 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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