Construction of Buildings

NarrativeAt 2:20 p.m. on July 5, 2019, Employee #1, an assistant painter employed by a construction company, was working at a one-story commercial building in which a vacant suite was being remodeled. He was working from a Franklin Portable Scaffold, Item Number 63050, and preparing the ceiling for painting. The scaffold had no guardrails installed. The scaffold's work platform was a wooden plank approximately 28 inches wide by 66 inches long. The employee fell from the scaffold, a fall height of approximately 5 feet 6.5 inches, and struck the back of his head on either the concrete floor or a brick wall. The painter that Employee #1 had been assisting, who was in another work area when the fall occurred, transported Employee #1 to the hospital. Employee #1 was admitted and treated for a skull fracture and traumatic brain injury, plus a fractured left scapula. He died on July 9, 2019.

NarrativeAt 1:15 p.m. on June 10, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in the renovation of a thirteen-story multifamily residential building. He was using a Bobcat loader to collect demolition debris when the ground collapsed and the employee fell, a fall height of approximately 200 feet. Employee #1 was killed.

NarrativeAt 4:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, the renovation of a one-story commercial building. He was operating a scissor lift and moving it down a steel ramp to unload it from a trailer. The ramp collapsed, and the scissor lift tipped over. Employee #1 fell from the lift and struck his head on the ground. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he died from internal bleeding in the brain.