Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104724.015 - Employee on scaffold is injured in fall during safety inspec

Accident Summary Nr: 104724.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 04/10/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1307533.015	04/10/2018		238320	Maragos Painting Llc

Abstract: On April 10, 2018, during a safety inspection on fall hazards in construction, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a painting company, were working at a multiemployer construction project, a five-story commercial building. Employee #1 was working from the top tier of a mobile scaffold and applying paint to the upper walls and ceiling of the fourth floor. His coworker assisted by pushing the scaffold to a new location. While it was being pushed, a front scaffold wheel failed to move, and the scaffold tipped over. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of approximately 6 feet. He injured his right shoulder and sustained lacerations to his head.

Keywords: Construction, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Laceration, Mobile Scaffold, Painter, Shoulder, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			5	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1307533.015	39	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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