Inspection Detail

Inspection: 106183684 - Manuel Freire & Pedro Marrero

Inspection Information - Office: Manhattan Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 and a coworker were painting the entire interior and exterior windows of a 4-story brick Roman Catholic school. They had been at the site for approximately three months. They were using a two point suspension scaffold tied to the roof; neither employee was wearing a safety belt. The scaffold was at the fourth floor windows, approximately 48 ft above ground level, when the rope holding the left side of the scaffold to the roof broke, causing the scaffold to fall and swing to the right. Employee #1, who was on the left side, fell to the sidewalk. The coworker, on the right, hung onto the scaffold and climbed down the rope to ground level. Employee #1 was transported to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 9:23 a.m.

Keywords: ROPE, SAFETY BELT, BROKEN CABLE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PAINT, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION