Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 78826.015 - Employee Falls From Scaffold While Installing Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 78826.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 07/17/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1079790.015	07/20/2015		238140	Jobanny Vazquez

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 17, 2015, an employee was installing an elevator shaft during the construction of a new dormitory on a university campus. The employee fell 30 feet from a scaffold to the ground and was medically evacuated to a local hospital ICU where he died 11 days later.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1079790.015	47	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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