Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170871412 - Employee injures wrist from fall off of scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170871412 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/26/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125738138	11/09/2001	1721	0	Central Cal Painting, Inc.

Abstract: At about 8:10 a.m. on July 26, 2001, Employee #1 was assisting another coworker in the painting of the exterior of new houses. The coworker, a painter, from the second level of a metal frame scaffold (13-ft high) asked Employee #1 to go down and fill the paint bucket. As Employee #1 walked to the corner of the house, he fell through the guard railing at the corner, knocking the top rail off the scaffold and falling to the ground. He was found unconscious upon the ground. The impact of the 15 ft fall resulted in him receiving fractures in his wrist.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PAINTER, SCAFFOLD, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125738138			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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