Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1489797.015 - Mccarthy Construction Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Osha Philadelphia Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1489797.015

Report ID: 0317000

Date Opened: 08/25/2020

Site Address:
Mccarthy Construction Inc.
2501 Seaport Drive
Chester, PA 19013

Mailing Address:
601 West Ashland Avenue Suite A, Glenolden, PA 19036

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 236220/Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/25/2020

Emphasis: L:Fall

Case Closed: 06/07/2023

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1648049	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 128950.015

Event: 08/15/2020

Employee lacerates head, arms in fall off ladder on scaffold

At 11:15 a.m. on August 15, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a commercial building contractor was installing drywall. The employee was using an A-frame ladder in the closed position on top of a rolling scaffold when he fell to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat lacerations to his head and arms.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Construction, Drywall, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Laborer, Laceration, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Scaffold, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1489797.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers

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