OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221542954

FALCOR CONSTRUCTION LLC

SAINT JAMES CITY, FL— 2023-03-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Painter, Repair, Residential Construction, Roof, Slip, Slippery Surface, Struck Against
NAICS: 238320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346543705
Employer profile: FALCOR CONSTRUCTION LLC
Summary number: 221542954
Report ID: 0420600
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies from severe head injuries in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 1:35 p.m. on March 2, 2023, an employee working for a painting contractor had 4:1 rule. The employee also rested the ladder on a painted concrete surface which reduced the coefficient of friction of the concrete. The ladder slipped out from under the employee causing him to fall to the concrete ground below. The employee died from severe head injuries. positioned an extension ladder up against a roof facia/eve approximately 16 feet above the ground. The employee then climbed the ladder with a paint roller in his hand and was standing on the ladder approximately eleven feet above the ground. The employee was using the paint roller to paint the facia/roof eve on a two-story single-family residence which had been damaged by a hurricane. The employee was using a ladder owned by the homeowner which he found at the rear of the property. The ladder was missing the feet and the employee had set it up with the ladder base six feet from the base of the building in violation of the

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
11

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