Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201041621 - Construction worker killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201041621 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 12/26/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307114967	12/29/2003	1742	238310	Custom Care Drywall

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from a 6-ft mobile scaffold installing RC channel on the bottom of ceiling trusses of a single-story residential home. To move to another location, while still on the scaffold, he pulled the scaffold along the concrete floor surface. One of the scaffold wheels rolled into a hole in the concrete that measured approximately 8-in. deep by 26-in. wide. The mobile scaffold tipped over and Employee #1 fell to the floor and was killed.

Keywords: WHEEL, HEAD, CASTER, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	6	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307114967			Fatality	Other	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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