Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121044.015 - Employee fractures spine in fall through false ceiling

Accident Summary Nr: 121044.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 10/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439884.015	10/24/2019		238320	Seven Brothers Painting, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 p.m. on October 18, 2019, an employee and a coworker were removing painting equipment from an upper level. While the coworker was lowering the Air Spider from the upper level through a fixed ladder with cage, the spider became lodged on the cage. The employee, working from the ground floor climbed the fixed ladder and climbed outside of the ladder cage to dislodge the air spider. While dislodging the spider, the employee fell through a false ceiling to the concrete ground floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a spinal fracture and a head contusion.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fixed Ladder, Fracture, Head, Lowering, Paint, Painter, Personnel Cage, Spine, Stuck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair			2	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1439884.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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