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Accident: 86747.015 - Painter Dies After Falling From Scaffold
Accident: 86747.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 07/14/2016 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1162113.015 | 07/15/2016 | Erb Painting & Decorating | |||||
| At approximately 9:00 a.m. on July 14, 2016, a 53-year-old male employee was working for a firm of painting and wall covering contractors. He was painting the exterior of dormers at a residential home. He was on a scaffold. After he completed his task, he lowered two scaffold planks to the ground. At that time he began to feel dizzy. He fell approximately 4.5 meters (15 feet) from a planked section of the scaffold to the ground below. He sustained blunt force trauma of the torso. He was taken to a hospital. He died the following day as a result of the multiple injuries that he sustained in the incident. His injuries included fractures of the sternum and ribs; lacerations of the liver and pancreas; contusions and severe edema of the lungs; and scattered abrasions over left chest, left elbow, left knee, and left cheek. | |||||||
Keywords:
painter, lost balance, liver, laceration, knee, face, elbow, fall, dizziness, dislocated, scaffold, construction, chest, torso, abrasion, rib, pulmonary edema
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Single family or duplex dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | Under $50,000 | 16 | X | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 1162113.015 | 53 | M | Fatality | Fracture | Painters, construction and maintenance | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Exterior painting FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold |