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Bianchi Painting Contractors, LLC

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Traumatic injuries to nerves, except the spinal cord, n.e.c. — GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Bianchi Painting Contractors, LLC in GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
Employer Bianchi Painting Contractors, LLC Report ID 20171212235
Address 8333 NE 36th Terrace City, State ZIP GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32606
Event Date December 27, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Traumatic injuries to nerves, except the spinal cord, n.e.c. Body Part Hip(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Extension ladders
Industry (NAICS) 238320 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.68000, -82.43000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing on about the fifth rung of an 8-foot extension ladder while operating a pneumatic paint spray gun to paint the exterior of a residential, single-family home. The ladder shifted as the ladder support (leg) sank into the sandy ground surface, and the employee dismounted from the ladder and landed on the ground, striking his right hip. He suffered a nerve injury and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On December 27, 2017, a worker at Bianchi Painting Contractors, LLC in GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA suffered traumatic injuries to nerves, except the spinal cord, n.e.c. to the hip(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with extension ladders identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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