OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221361652

THE GREENBRIER HOTEL CORPORATION

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV· 2021-05-21T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Arm, Broke, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Fracture, Hotel, Internal Injuries, Lack of Engineering Controls, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Painter, Painting, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Stomach, Unstable Surface, Work Surface, Wrist
NAICS: 721120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345353098
Employer profile: THE GREENBRIER HOTEL CORPORATION
Summary number: 221361652
Report ID: 0316400

Event description

Employee sustains internal injuries in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee working for a hotel was scraping paint off a ceiling in preparation for painting. The employee swept up the paint chips and leaned between the top and mid rail of the scaffold cross bracing to toss the broom down to a coworker. The mid rail gave way and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken wrist and internal abdominal injuries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 65 M

Event type
5

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