OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221549124
PAINT ME AUSTIN!
WEST LAKE HILLS, TX—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At 11:30 p.m. on March 23, 2023, an employee was working from a 6-foot stepladder within one of the bedrooms of the single-family home, performing prep work on walls before painting. The ceiling height of the bedroom was approximately 9 feet high. The employee, while working on an A-frame ladder within one of the bedrooms, fell from the ladder at a height of approximately 5 feet and hit his head on the ground, resulting in blunt force head trauma and death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 579
- Fall distance
- 5
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