Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 93502.015 - Employee falls from mobile scaffold and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 93502.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 02/28/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1213600.015	02/28/2017		238290	Midwest Maintenance & Industrial, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:05 a.m. on February 28, 2017, an employee raised a powered mobile scaffold (scissor lift) to 32 feet to partially complete some touch up paint work that was at the upper chord of the roof supporting bar joist. The employee was discovered on the work site floor by a coworker who notified Emergency Services. The employee was conscious upon EMS arrival and was transported to nearest emergency room; however, the employee died in surgery due to his injuries. Multiple injuries consisted of blunt force trauma to organs and multiple fractures to left hand, wrist, arm, shoulder, ribs and pelvis.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Arm, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Painter, Pelvis, Rib, Shoulder, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1213600.015	50	M	Fatality		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: 32 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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