Accident Report Detail
Accident: 129969.015 - Employee Applying Caulk From Ladder Is Killed In Fall
Accident: 129969.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 09/28/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1495335.015 | 10/01/2020 | W&Jr Painting Inc | |||||
At 10:00 a.m. on September 28, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a painting contrac tor, was working at a one-story residential structure. He was standing on a lad der and applying caulk when he lost balance, fell, and struck his head against t he brick patio, a fall height of 18 feet. Employee #1 was killed. Investigatio n revealed the employee was using the wrong equipment and, to reach the area bei ng caulked, had to over extend his body away from the ladder when he lost balanc e and fell. | |||||||
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, brain, brick, fall, fall protection, head, ladder, leaning over, lost balance, painter, patio, residential construction, skull, slip, struck against, work surface
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 1 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1495335.015 | 33 | M | Fatality | Painters, construction and maintenance | FallDist: 18 FallHt:18 Cause: Exterior painting FatCause: |