Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850592 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200850592 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300616885	03/23/1998	1799	0	Regional Scaffolding And Hoisting Co. Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a journeyman carpenter, was dismantling a tubular welded-frame exterior scaffold. He had tied an end-frame piece to a rope at a well wheel when he fell 88 ft to the street and was killed. No one working at the site witnessed the accident. The dismantling operation had been going on for two weeks prior to the incident.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	22	220	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300616885			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 88 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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