Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170585442 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold plank

Accident Summary Nr: 170585442 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/17/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120158233	11/18/1994	1742	0	Orange Coast Drywall

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker, employees of a sub-contractor involved in the renovation of a large warehouse-type building, were hanging drywall to steel beams at the top of a concrete block electrical equipment room. Employee #1 was working from a scaffold plank placed between the rails of an elevated work platform and the rung of a ladder. The ladder slipped and Employee #1 fell approximately 22 ft to a concrete floor. He suffered massive head trauma and was hospitalized for an extended period of time. Employee #1 was not utilizing fall protection.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120158233			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers

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