Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132599.015 - Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 132599.015 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 01/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1511074.015	01/20/2021		238990	Troy Davis

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on January 20, 2021, an employee worked to paint a church sanctuary using a pole-extended paint roller and standing on a fiberglass extension ladder positioned on a one-buck high mobile scaffold on castor wheels. At some point, while painting the wall, the employee fell approximately sixteen feet. A bystander observed the employee on the ground struggling to breathe and called for emergency medical services. EMTs responded and transported the employee to the hospital where the employee died from multiple, unspecified blunt force trauma injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Extension Handle, Extension Ladder, Fall, Ladder, Mobile Scaffold, Paint, Painter

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation				16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1511074.015	54	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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