Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121020.015 - Employee cuts head in fall from ladder resting on scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 121020.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439826.015	10/23/2019		236118	Aaron And Diana Bradley, A Partnership

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on October 22, 2019, an employee working as a construction laborer for a commercial remodeler was painting the exterior of two-story residential home. The employee was using a 28-foot extension ladder and a metal rolling scaffold. The employee had set up the scaffold and placed the ladder on top of the scaffold platform in order to access the eaves on the house. The was working alone in the backyard and had just ascended the ladder to perform work. The ladder started to slide and the scaffold shifted causing the employee to fall approximately 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee fractured and dislocated his arm and sustained a cut to his head, requiring hospitalization. Since he was working alone there were no witnesses.

Keywords: Arm, Ascending, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Cut, Dislocated, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Laborer, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mobile Scaffold, Painter, Platform, Residential Construction, Rolling, Roof, Scaffold, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1439826.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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