OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221482904

COMPLETE ACCESS CONTROL OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC

MONTVERDE, FL· 2022-02-24T00:00:00

Event: Back, Beam, Brain Bleed, Chest, Climbing on Ladder, Concrete Surface, Emergency Response, Face, Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Helicopter, Installing, Ladder, Lost Balance, Mobile Scaffold, Neck, Nerve damage, Noise, Skull, Unconsciousness, Wrist
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345811418
Employer profile: COMPLETE ACCESS CONTROL OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC
Summary number: 221482904
Report ID: 0420600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee falls from ladder and receives multiple injuries

Investigation abstract

At 1:36 p.m. on February 24, 2022, an employee and coworkers installed pieces of wrist, two brain bleeds, damaged disks in the neck and back, and nerve damage to the chest. awing on a back patio. The coworkers worked from a mobile scaffold and the employee used a twelve-foot A-frame ladder to install the awning. The employee handed the coworkers an aluminum beam and climbed the ladder to assist with installation when a coworker dropped the beam which made a sound that startled the employee, who lost balance and fell approximately fifteen feet face first to the concrete floor. The employee was unconscious, the employees called for emergency response, and the employee was taken to the hospital by helicopter. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to the face, skull, and right

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
783

Fall distance
15

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