Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139505.015 - Employee falls from scissor lift while installing sheet rock

Accident Summary Nr: 139505.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554096.015	09/21/2021		238320	J.E. Travis Painting, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee used a scissor lift (Genie 1930) to access a ceiling where the employee worked to install sheetrock. While taping and floating a section of the ceiling, the employee fell approximately fourteen feet. The employee landed face down and was killed by blunt force trauma injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Installing, Scissor lift, Sheetrock

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1554096.015	68	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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