Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202288056 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 202288056 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/17/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109206631	02/18/1998	1721	0	Al Leach Painting Incorporated

Abstract: On February 17, 1998, Employee #1 was working on a mobile scaffold that was thirteen feet, seven inches high. He was spraying the ceiling and the steel joists with white paint. He had just been moved by his helper on the ground floor and had return to spraying the ceiling when he fell and was killed. The wheels on the mobile scaffold had been locked. The mobile scaffold did not have a fully planked working platform, nor did it have a proper access ladder. In addition, the mobile scaffold did not have any guardrails, nor was there a diagonal brace. Employee #1 had been spraying for approximately 3 hours when the accident occurred.

Keywords: PLATFORM, WHEEL, GUARDRAIL, JOIST, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, STEEL, CEILING, LADDER, SPRAY PAINTING, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109206631			Fatality	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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