Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200604080 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Parking Garage
Accident: 200604080 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/16/2008 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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311315584 | 09/16/2008 | 1799 | Southwest Sealants, Inc. | ||||
On September 16, 2008, Employee #1 was using a Sky Genie, with a seatboard, to caulk the joints on the walls of a parking garage. The walls were on the first and second levels from the top. He tied the seatboard and life lines to the guard rail of a fence and went to get a drink of water. When he came back, he went over the fence and was adjusting his seatboard when the lines came loose. He fell 76 feet 2 inches to the ground, and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
bosun chair, installing, hoisting mechanism, lifeline, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, fence, concussion
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 7 | 76 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 311315584 | Fatality | Concussion | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:76 Cause: Waterproofing FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold |