Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201062544 - Employee injured by fall off rolling scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201062544 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/16/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120273289	10/25/1999	1542	0	Pacific Drywall Systems Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was a full-time drywall installer and was working alone in a room at a new school under construction. He was working off a 5 foot "Perry" wheeled or rolling scaffold. The scaffold apparently went out from under him and he fell back, hitting his head on the cement floor. Employee #1 was found unconscious on the floor by another employee, who called for assistance. The employer's policy is to always lock the wheels, but it is unknown if this had been done, as Employee #1 has no recall of the incident. Employee #1 was taken by paramedics to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a fracture of the base of the skull, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, SKULL, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120273289			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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