Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1654370.015 - Falcor Construction Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 1:35 p.m. on March 2, 2023, an employee working for a painting contractor had positioned an extension ladder up against a roof facia/eve approximately 16 feet above the ground. The employee then climbed the ladder with a paint roller in his hand and was standing on the ladder approximately eleven feet above the ground. The employee was using the paint roller to paint the facia/roof eve on a two-story single-family residence which had been damaged by a hurricane. The employee was using a ladder owned by the homeowner which he found at the rear of the property. The ladder was missing the feet and the employee had set it up with the ladder base six feet from the base of the building in violation of the 4:1 rule. The employee also rested the ladder on a painted concrete surface which reduced the coefficient of friction of the concrete. The ladder slipped out from under the employee causing him to fall to the concrete ground below. The employee died from severe head injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Painter, Repair, Residential Construction, Roof, Slip, Slippery Surface, Struck Against