Powered by GoogleTranslate

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Contact Us FAQ A to Z Index English Español

Alert: Due to routine maintenance on the OSHA website, some pages may be temporarily unavailable.
To report an emergency, file a complaint with OSHA or ask a safety and health question, call 1-800-321-6742 (OSHA).

Return to Accident Search Results

Accident Report Detail

Accident: 128381.015 - Employee Falls From Mobile Scaffold And Is Killed

Accident: 128381.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/16/2020
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1484169.01507/17/20201751145884 - German P Martinez
At 12:00 a.m. on July 16, 2020, an employee was working from a Franklin Heavy Du ty Mobile Scaffold to install metal tracking along the roof of a building in pre paration to install metal stud partitions. While attempting to relocate the scaf fold, one of the caster wheels rolled over a piece of cardboard used to cover a floor flush mount floor drain. The scaffold became unbalanced and began to tip o ver causing the employee to fall backwards nine feet and strike his head. The sc affold then fell on top of the employee. The employee received a severe head lac eration and other unspecified injuries that killed him.
Keywords: cover, fall, falling object, floor opening, head, installing, laceration, lost balance, mobile scaffold, overturn, scaffold, struck against, struck by, unstable load
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1484169.015 45 M Fatality Occupation not reported

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.

Close