The 45-year-old owner of a drywall installation company fell 5 feet 4 inches from a portable Baker scaffold and fatally injured himself. The victim was working on a commercial remodeling job installing metal studs to hang drywall. The Baker scaffold had no guardrails installed and no personal protective equipment (PPE) was being utilized. The victim was working and simultaneously conversing with the general contractor's site superintendent when he abruptly stopped speaking and fell forward off of the scaffold striking the concrete floor face first. The site superintendent called 911 immediately on a portable telephone, while another employee turned the victim onto his back. The site superintendent then ran downstairs to seek assistance from medical personnel in a nearby office. The first responders rendered aid until the emergency medical service personnel arrived several minutes later. The victim was taken by helicopter to the Shock Trauma Center where he was pronounced dead 84 minutes later.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Maryland: 45-Year-Old Drywall Installer Dies After Falling 5 Feet 4 Inches from a Mobile Scaffold
1994
5 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Construction Materials, Components, & Equipment , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Building Equipment, Furnishings, & Maintenance , Dry installation company , Owner , Fall , Scaffold , Cause of death , Construction industry , Metal studs , Installation , Recommendations , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) , Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)