Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201350840 - Employee Killed In Fall From Scaffold
Accident: 201350840 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 05/12/1999 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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110138872 | 05/13/1999 | 1741 | Mcdonald Masonry | ||||
At 4:00 p.m. on April 27, 1999, two employees decided to work overtime staging concrete block on the welded frame scaffold. Employee #1 mentioned to the other employee while climbing up the scaffold that he was "cramping". Both employees were staging block on the top frame, approximately 24-feet above ground level, on the west side of the Lowe's store. Employee #1 climbed down one level to count blocks at that level. Another employee observed Employee #1 sitting on a concrete block that was standing on its end. Employee #1 apparently fell backwards off the block, through the frame scaffold opening, in the area below the crossing point of the braces and above the work platform. Employee #1 fell to the ground a distance of approximately 18 feet, passing between the building face and the scaffold frames. Employee #1 was hospitalized, but he died from injuries related to the fall approximately two weeks later. | |||||||
Keywords:
torso, fall, concrete block, contusion, scaffold
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 2 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 110138872 | Fatality | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:18 Cause: Exterior masonry FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold |