Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171004211 - Employee injured in fall from broken scaffold plank

Accident Summary Nr: 171004211 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 11/15/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120131503	12/02/1994	1742	0	Shadow Plastering Inc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on November 15, 1994, Employee #1, a regular full-time plaster cleaner for residential construction, was cleaning off excess plaster with a water sprayer from the eaves of a partially constructed residence. The eave of the house was 15 ft high and he was working from a 10 ft 8 in. high scaffold above a soil surface. Employee #1 fell approximately 11 ft when the scaffold plank he was standing on broke from under him. He was hospitalized at Scripps La Jolla Hospital, La Jolla, CA, for a broken wrist and a fractured lower back. He was released on November 21, 1994.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PLANK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120131503			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers

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