Ast-AV, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 28, 2015 (fatal): Employee falls from ladder and is killed

At 10:30 a.m. on August 28, 2015, an employee was on a 12 foot a-frame ladder below a video projector that he was going to remove. He then climbed the ladder, standing approximately on the fourth rung from the top and started to remove the screws from the projector. When the employee was removing the final screw, the projector released from the ceiling and the worker tried to grab it in midair. The worker lost his balance while leaning to the right, and the ladder came from under him causing the worker to fall approximately 9 feet, hitting the top of the stage with his lower half of his body. The upper part of his body continued to travel the distance of the stage (22 inches) until his shoulders and head hit the carpeted floor below the stage. The worker was knocked unconscious and emergency services were called. It was determined by the Medical Examiners Office that the employees injuries after the incident were right periorbital soft tissue had purple ecchymoses. The apex of the right shoulder had a purple contusion. The lateral aspect of the left thigh had a large area of purple ecchymoses. The Medical Examiners Office stated that the employee's cause of death was blunt head trauma due to a fall from ladder. ladder.