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Accident: 129631.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Scaffold Access Ladder

Accident: 129631.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/27/2020
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1485896.01507/30/2020Joaquin Hernandez
At 11:20 a.m. on July 27, 2020, an employee climbed a twenty-eight foot extensio n ladder to access the roof and then untie the top end of the ladder from the ro of. After completing the task, a coworker told the employee to use the scaffold to come back down. At some point, while climbing down the scaffold access ladder , the employee lost his balance and fell. The employee received blunt force trau ma to the head and was killed.
Keywords: ascending, blunt force trauma, climbing on ladder, descending, extension ladder, fall, head, ladder, lost balance, roof, scaffold
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
  Alteration or rehabilitation   3 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1485896.015 22 M Fatality Helpers, construction trades

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