Accident Report Detail

Accident: 139505.015 - Employee Falls From Scissor Lift While Installing Sheet Rock

**Accident: 139505.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/21/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1554096.015	09/21/2021		J.E. Travis Painting, Inc.

At 11:00 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee used a scissor lift (Genie 1930 ) to access a ceiling where the employee worked to install sheetrock. While tapi ng and floating a section of the ceiling, the employee fell approximately fourte en feet. The employee landed face down and was killed by blunt force trauma inju ries.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, ceiling, fall, fall from elevation, installing, scissor lift, sheetrock

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1554096.015	68	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	FallDist: 14 FallHt:16 Cause: Interior painting and decorating FatCause:

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