Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133746.015 - Employee fractures ribs in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 133746.015 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 01/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1511650.015	01/26/2021		238320	Slater Custom Painting Llc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on January 15, 2021, Employee #1, a painter/laborer employed by a painting contractor, was working alone on a scaffold at a multifamily residential building. The scaffold was missing a plank, which for unknown reasons had been removed and placed upright on that level of the scaffold. The employee was masking a window when he fell through the opening created by the missing plank, a fall height of 11.5 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple fractured ribs.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Fracture, Painter, Plank, Residential Construction, Rib, Scaffold, Work Rules, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1511650.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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