Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14269260 - Employee Killed in Fall from Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 14269260 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113548903	03/01/2003	1522	236220	William A. Berry & Son, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was dismantling 2-in. by 12-in. supports for a 0.75-in. plywood platform that was being used as a temporary landing area for ladder access. Employee #1 fell 25 ft to the basement area and was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, TEMPORARY FLOOR, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3	35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113548903			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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