Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200781136 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200781136 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 11/18/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122186307	11/19/1999	1742	0	Bobby Lee And Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a plasterer, was working on a mast-climbing scaffold. He was at the exterior of the 17th floor when a section of the scaffold decking slipped off the extension arms of the working platform. Employee #1 fell 14 stories to the roof of the third-floor parking garage, and was killed. The scaffold decking was inadequately secured and although Employee #1 was wearing a safety harness, he was not tied off. The fall protection system being used by subcontractors on site consisted of a rope strung across the front frame section of each mast-climbing scaffold and hand-tied to the frame. Employees were then tied off to this rope.

Keywords: DECKING PANEL, UNSECURED, UNSECURED PANEL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	24		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122186307			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 150 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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