A 150-foot boom lift that toppled during construction of Allegiant Stadium in August 2020, plunging the painter in the basket to the ground 100 feet below, malfunctioned twice in the three days preceding the accident, according to a Nevada OSHA report obtained by the Current.
Christopher Casarez, a 52-year-old painter, has undergone three surgeries for multiple vertebral fractures, according to his attorney, in addition to surgery for a fractured femur, and a procedure to attach a foley catheter to his torn urethra. He also suffered lower leg and rib fractures which did not require surgery, and has dental damage.
“I didn’t see my life fly before me. The only thought I had once I felt the basket fall out from under me was ‘shit, this is going to hurt.’ It was excruciating. I never lost consciousness,” he said in an interview with the Current.
At the Raiders’ first home game in August, Casarez’s spinal surgeon, Dr. Archie Perry, took a photo of a banner for contractors Mortenson and McCarthy on the wall near a lounge and his seats in section 135, featuring photos of workers and stating “Why we own zero injuries.”
“I was surprised and I thought how can they put that up when I know at least one person was severely injured. Not a minor injury — a life threatening injury,” Perry told the Current.
“This is what ‘zero injuries’ looks like,” Casarez said of an X-ray he provided, showing his spine fused with metal rods. “It’s just such a slap in the face, like I am insignificant.”
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