Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200103091 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200103091 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/18/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311519094	08/18/2008	1711	238220	Kauffman Plumbing & Heating Co.

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on August 18, 2008, Employee #1, a worker, fell from a scaffold, from an unknown height. He sustained concussion and was killed. The worksite consisted of at least two independently arranged sections of the Waco prefabricated frame type scaffolding. Both of these scaffold sections were approximately 25 ft high. The scaffolding was located around a large dust collector unit at a manufacturing site, needed in order to perform work on the dust collector. The weather was warm and dry on that day. Upon investigation, it was not able to be determined the cause of the accident.

Keywords: INSTALLING, DUST COLLECTOR, FALL, CONCUSSION, HIGH TEMPERATURE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	3	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311519094			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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