Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170838353 - Employee Fractures back in Fall from Collapsed Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170838353 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 07/12/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119636710	07/13/2004	1751	238130	Bay Area Construction Framers, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 pm. on July 12, 2004, Employee #1 was working from a z-pole pump-jack scaffold with a 12 foot aluminum plank platform at the Westside of building number 2, Unit number 12, which was approximately 13' feet above the ground, installing the paper vapor barrier on the outside of the shear wall in preparation for installing the siding. The scaffold had been erected by the lead- person, who instructed. Employee #1 how to operate it. This was employee #1's first day on this site and first experience with pump-jacks. A scaffold he worked back and forth, stapling the paper, the south-end of the scaffold upright broke and collapsed. Employee #1 fell to the ground and landed on his feet and fell backwards, suffering a compression fracture in his lower back. He was transported to a hospital for treatment.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, SHEAR, GUARD, BACK, FALL, BRACING, ELECTRICAL SPLICE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119636710			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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