Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200671626 - Employee killed in fall from platform wall

Accident Summary Nr: 200671626 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 12/04/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301827655	12/04/1998	1799	0	Quality Concrete And Rental

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to tear down the remaining portion of a forming platform. He was standing on top of the 12 ft high wall and using a pry bar to pull off some of the plywood on the outside of the wall when he slipped and fell approximately three floors. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: WALL, DEMOLITION, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, PRY BAR, UNSTABLE POSITION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301827655			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 60 feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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