Inspection Detail

Inspection: 893388 - Lozano Building Services

Inspection Information - Office: Houston North Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1, the owner, set a portable ladder atop a two-story high scaffold outside the Beaumont Enterprise building. When he reached the top of the ladder, it tipped over the scaffold and Employee #1 was left clinging by his fingertips to the thin, sloped concrete ledge outside the third floor. He hung on for approximately 4 minutes before falling about 36 feet to the concrete pavement. He was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, LADDER, FALL, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION