Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99231.015 - Painter falls from scaffold and incurs multiple fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 99231.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 09/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1265678.015	09/22/2017		238320	Traco, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on September 15, 2017, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a painting contractor, were working at a multiemployer construction project, an indoor gun range on a military base. They were assigned to paint the structure's interior. The employees had been using a single frame scaffold on caster wheels plus extendable spray painting wands to reach the ceiling. On this day, Employee #1 decided not to use a spray wand to reach the ceiling. Instead, he constructed a double-stacked frame scaffold. The top level of the scaffold was too close to the ceiling joists to install a guardrail around the scaffold's work platform. As he worked, Employee #1 stepped off the edge of the scaffold and fell to the concrete floor, a fall height of approximately 10 feet 9 inches. His coworkers carried him to a vehicle and transported him to the hospital. Employee #1 was admitted and treated for multiple fractures to his upper and lower legs, ankles, feet, hips, and back. The subsequent investigation determined that Employee #1 had not been wearing fall protection.

Keywords: Back, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Leg, Paint, Painter, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1265678.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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