Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134442.015 - Employee falls from mobile frame scaffold and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 134442.015 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 03/26/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1522606.015	03/26/2021		236220	Mark Paul

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on March 26, 2021, an employee completed painting an area and was moved while standing on the mobile frame scaffold to a new section to continue painting. While being moved to the new area, the scaffold wheels became caught on a transition strip on the floor, which caused the scaffold to stop suddenly. The employee lost balance, fell approximately twenty feet, and was killed by blunt force trauma to the head.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Lost Balance, Mobile Scaffold, Painter

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair				20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1522606.015	57	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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