Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201941101 - Employee Fell 10 Feet From Second Floor And Dies
Accident: 201941101 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 04/14/1998 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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301426748 | 08/03/1998 | 1799 | Alpha Building & Restoration Inc | ||||
On April 14, 1998, Employee #1 was applying a second coat of joint compound with a eight-inch-wide blade to the overhead ceiling and soffit which was seven feet, eight inches, near the unprotected oval shaped second floor edge. Employee #1 fell ten feet to the concrete floor. A nine-and-one-half inch wide and four-foot-long by 18-inch-high aluminum type of horse or scaffold was found near the second-floor edge. It is believed that Employee #1 may have been standing on this horse or scaffold at the time of his fall. Employee #1 was taken to Queen's Medical Center where he remained until his death on July 16, 1998. Employee #1 had been hospitalized for an open head wound, possible skull fracture, multiple rib fractures, a fractured clavicle, and internal bleeding. | |||||||
Keywords:
guardrail, lanyard, fall, fall protection, scaffold
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 2 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 301426748 | Fatality | Concussion | Drywall installers | FallDist: FallHt:10 Cause: Plastering FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof) |