Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 87962.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 87962.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 06/18/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1156282.015	06/18/2016		238120	Vincent Delpizzo

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on June 18, 2016, an employee tack welded a second lintel and was observed on the stock boards of a scaffold, placing his weight against a third lintel that was not tack welded and unsecured. The employee fell around 7 feet and a 8 foot lintel that weighed approximately 600 lbs. fell onto the employee and he was killed.

Keywords: Crushing, Falling Object, Scaffold, Steel Erection, Struck By, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1156282.015	55	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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