45-year-old Drywall Installer Dies After Falling 5'4" From a Mobile Scaffold--Maryland

The 45-year-old owner of a drywall installation company fell 5′ 4″ 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 […]