OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221691462

NER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC.

BOSTON, MA— 2024-08-09T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Pavement, Couplings, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Pavement, Scaffold, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347680183
Employer profile: NER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC.
Summary number: 221691462
Report ID: 0111400
Project type: B
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 a.m. on August 9, 2024, Employee #1 was removing screen netting (also referred to as scrim) from the top level of a pipe staging scaffold that was being disassembled. Two other employees were on the same platform level, removing components such as pipe couplers, pipe cross braces, and plank decking. Surveillance video from an adjacent building captured Employee #1 falling backward from the top level of the scaffold to the pavement. The employee sustained fatal injuries due to blunt force trauma upon impact with the blacktop asphalt surface.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
50

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