Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140048.015 - Employee installing lights is injured when scaffold overturn

Accident Summary Nr: 140048.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1528449.015	04/26/2021		921190	State Of California Department Of General Services Facilities Management Division

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on April 15, 2021, an employee was working for a state governmental agency that managed facilities for the state's government. The employee was on a construction project at a one of the facilities that the agency managed. He was installing plumbing and lighting fixtures at one of the buildings the agency managed. He was working from a rolling scaffold platform approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) high, installing exterior light fixtures. To reach one of the light fixtures, the employee was using a folded 4-foot (1.2 m) stepladder. The top of the ladder was resting on the building. The feet of the closed ladder were on the scaffold platform. While the employee was on the folded stepladder, the scaffold overturned. The employee fell to the ground below. He suffered a head laceration and injuries to his knees, feet, kidneys, and other parts of his body. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Head, Inappropriate Equipment, Kidney, Knee, Laceration, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overturn, Position, Scaffold, Standing, Stepladder, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Work at Elevation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1528449.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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