Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104036.015 - Employee falls from ladder and fractures spine

Accident Summary Nr: 104036.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 01/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1294532.015	02/14/2018		238320	G P S Painting And Wallcovering Inc

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on January 27, 2018, Employee #1, a painter, and Coworker #1, Employee #1's supervisor, both employed by a painting company, were working at a multiemployer construction project, a commercial building that was being renovated. Employee #1 was working from an extension ladder that had been placed on a staircase. He was painting the upper staircase as Coworker #1 held the ladder in place. Coworker #1 released the ladder, whereupon the ladder slipped and fell from the staircase. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 10 to 15 feet, and struck his back on the lower staircase. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a compression fracture of his T12 vertebra.

Keywords: Construction, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Painter, Spine, Stair, Unsecured, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1294532.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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