Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127356.015 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 127356.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 06/23/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1480705.015	06/24/2020		238140	Carlos Cortes

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on June 23, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a masonry contractor, was working from a scaffold and applying finishing plaster to the exterior of a new 11-story commercial building, a multi-employer construction project.. The employee fell between the scaffold's work platform and the building, a fall height of 120 feet. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing, Masonry Wall, Plaster, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			11	120	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1480705.015	16	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 120 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 120 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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