OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221722739

COLORPRO FINISHERS, LLC

BOCA RATON, FL— 2024-12-04T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Construction, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Painter, Painting, Residential Construction, Skull, Slip, Slippery Surface, Tie-Off, Unsecured, Unstable Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 238320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347908097
Employer profile: COLORPRO FINISHERS, LLC
Summary number: 221722739
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma in fall from extension ladder

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 a.m. on December 4, 2024, an employee working as a painter for a painting contractor was retouching an exterior wall from an extension ladder. The ladder slipped at the feet causing the employee to fall to the concrete surface. The employee died from head trauma including a skull fracture.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
789

Fall distance
20

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