Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 99001.015 - Employee Falls From Scaffold And Suffers Concussion

**Accident: 99001.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 08/19/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1263806.015	08/24/2017		Luis Carbajal

At 2:00 p.m. on August 19, 2017, an employee was helping a crew install a ceilin g joist for main living room area. The employee tried to jump away from the sca ffold when the ceiling joist fell and the employee fell backward, falling off of the scaffold. The employee struck the back of his head on the concrete and was killed from a concussion.

Keywords: concrete slab, concussion, fall, head, scaffold, scaffolding, struck against

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	0	18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1263806.015	31	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors FatCause:

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