OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221611056

66565 - SCHNELL CONTRACTORS INC

LOUISVILLE, KY— 2023-10-25T00:00:00

Event: Brick, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Mast Climber Scaffold, Plank, Planking, Repair, Scaffold
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347062184
Employer profile: 66565 - SCHNELL CONTRACTORS INC
Summary number: 221611056
Report ID: 0452110

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on October 25, 2023, employees were performing brick repair work from a mast climbing scaffold. Employee #1 was replacing planks in the platform of the scaffold. Employee #1 fell through the opening in the platform, where they were going to place the planks. No methods of fall protection were being utilized by Employee #1, and he fell to the ground, which was approximately 60 feet below the platform of the mast climbing scaffold. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

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