Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 164937.015 - Employee dies of multiple blunt trauma in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 164937.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 02/02/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1725479.015	02/02/2024		238140	Mac Construction Express, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on February 2, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a masonry contractor was working from a Werner pump jack scaffold installing Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS). The employee was not wearing fall protection when he fell 42 feet to the ground.

Keywords: Anchor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Competent Person, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Harness, Inexperience, Installing, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lifeline, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pump Jack Scaffold, Residential Construction, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			6		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1725479.015	41	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 42 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 42 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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