Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97180.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 97180.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1247243.015	07/12/2017		236115	Brett Lewis Ussery

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on July 12, 2017, an employee was either standing on a plank on top of the rolling scaffold or going up/down the side rails of the scaffold. He was nailing in a door jamb using a nail gun along with one other person. The employee fell approximately 10 feet and struck the top of his head on the ground below suffering blunt force trauma to head resulting in a fatality.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	14	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1247243.015	60	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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