Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129631.015 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold access ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 129631.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1485896.015	07/30/2020		238320	Joaquin Hernandez

Abstract: At 11:20 a.m. on July 27, 2020, an employee climbed a twenty-eight foot extension ladder to access the roof and then untie the top end of the ladder from the roof. 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 trauma to the head and was killed.

Keywords: Ascending, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Descending, Extension Ladder, Fall, Head, Ladder, Lost Balance, Roof, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Alteration or rehabilitation			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1485896.015	22	M	Fatality		Helpers, construction trades

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