OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221488315

DOROSZ PAINTING

PLYMOUTH, MI— 2022-08-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Climbing on Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Paint, Painter, Skull
NAICS: 238320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346140908
Employer profile: DOROSZ PAINTING
Summary number: 221488315
Report ID: 0552651
Project type: E
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on August 2, 2022, an employee was painting the exterior of a house on an extension ladder approximately 20 feet above the ground when the ladder was displaced and fell. The employee fell with the ladder landing partially on a coworker and the ground. The employee suffered a fracture to his skull and a brain bleed that led to his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
579

Fall distance
20

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