Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200102507 - Employee Dies after Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200102507 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/19/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310329164	08/14/2006	1721	238320	Mike Mcgarry & Sons Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:40 a.m. on August 19, 2006, Employee #1, a journeyman painter, was on a 19-in.-wide platform set on a 6-ft-high mobile scaffold, painting a newly-constructed wall in a Pepsi plant. When he complained that his air hose was caught, a laborer working in an adjacent searched for the problem. While doing this, he heard the Employee #1 fall. Employee #1 landed on a concrete floor, striking his head on conveyor equipment. When the laborer reached Employee #1, he was on the floor between the wall and the scaffold, bleeding from his nose and mouth. He was hospitalized at Akron City Hospital, where he died later that day. Employee #1 was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses at the time of the accident.

Keywords: PLATFORM, HEAD, HARD HAT, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, PPE, AIR HOSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PAINTER, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310329164			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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