OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221510233

NUCO PAINTING CORP

FLUSHING, NY— 2022-11-01T00:00:00

Event: Automobile, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Highway, Motor Vehicle, Struck By, Work Platform
NAICS: 238320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346317894
Employer profile: NUCO PAINTING CORP
Summary number: 221510233
Report ID: 0215600
Project type: B
Construction end-use: J

Event description

Employee Is Killed When Struck By Vehicle After Fall From Wo

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on November 1, 2022, an employee was working from an elevated platform over a highway. The employee was rolling up rubber mate on top of the work platform and handing it to his coworker. The employee stepped onto a piece of plywood on the work platform which cracked beneath him. The employee fell 12 feet through the work platform and was struck by a car on the highway. The employee was killed by blunt force injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
579

Fall distance
12

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