Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126645431 - Southern General Construction, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Richmond (Regional Office) - Safety 0355111

Inspection Nr: 126645431

Report ID: 0355111

Date Opened: 05/16/1995

Site Address:
Southern General Construction, Inc.
Biotechnology Center, 800 Leigh St.
Richmond, VA 23219

Mailing Address:
2403 Westwood Ave., Richmond, VA 23230

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1741

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/05/1995

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/27/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360305304

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 950949

Event: 05/16/1995

Employee dies after fainting and falling from scaffold

Employee #1 reported to work at 6:30 a.m. to raise the scaffold work platform that was installed on the non-stop elevating tower scaffold, and to stock the scaffold for the brick masons, who reported to work at 7:00 a.m. The employee had begun to perspire profusely while standing on the lower work platform, adjacent to the 21 ft long by 7 ft 3 in. high window opening. He appeared to lose consciousness and fell against the brick wall at the top of the window opening. He slid down the wall to a sitting position, fell over to his side, and rolled off the scaffold platform through the 2 ft 2 in. high opening between the work platform and the top of the window. The employee then fell to the floor, hitting a 42 in. cable guardrail which propelled him out of the window opening 28 ft 6 in. to the ground. Employee #1 died at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, FAINTED, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126645431			Fatality	Fracture	Helpers, construction trades

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