OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221492549

KYLE ARCEMENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC

METAIRIE, LA— 2022-08-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Chest, Competent Person, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rib, Scaffold, Shoulder, Skull, Torso, Training, Unsecured, Untrained
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346182686
Employer profile: KYLE ARCEMENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC
Summary number: 221492549
Report ID: 0625700
Project type: B
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed after fall from unsecured scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on August 15, 2022, an employee was standing on the platform of a Baker's scaffold installing tracks along the wall for metal studs. The wheels on the scaffold were not locked. The employee, while standing on the platform, tried to scoot the scaffold. The employee fell off the scaffold and hit the concrete floor 6 feet below. In the fall, he brought the scaffold down on top of him. The employee incurred head/skull injuries and broken ribs and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 75 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
6

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