Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130848.015 - Employee is killed when unsecured ladder falls

Accident Summary Nr: 130848.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 05/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1491645.015	05/26/2020		238320	Mario Ramirez

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on May 26, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a painting company, was painting the exterior of a two-story residence as part of a multiemployer construction project. He was working from a 20-foot extension ladder that was not properly secured when the ladder shifted and fell. Employee #1 fell with the ladder, a fall height of 18 feet, and struck his head on the cement sidewalk. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Head, Painter, Residential Construction, Spray Painting, Struck Against, Unsecured, Unstable Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1491645.015	30	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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