Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201077757 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201077757 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/24/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315343772	03/06/2012	1721	238320	Priority Remodeling Plumbing & Ac

Abstract: At approximately 12:25p.m.on February 24, 2012 Employee # 1 was working as a part-time painter for Priority Remodeling Plumbing and Air Conditioning. Employee #1 was up on a 34 foot fiberglass extension ladder painting the trim on backside of a building leased by Certified Car Care. Employee #1 was using a power sprayer with his right hand in order to spray the trim in 5 to 6 feet sweeps while standing on the ladder. The extension ladder employee # 1 was standing slipped away from the stucco wall it was propped up against. Employee #1 fell 18 feet from the extension ladder to the cement ground. Employee # 1 sustained a broken right wrist, left elbow, and right knee. Employee #1 was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego. Employee #1 was hospitalized for six days and had multiple surgeries and diagnosis testing. The accident was reported to Division of Occupation Health and Safety on February 27, 2012.

Keywords: KNEE, EXTENSION LADDER, FALL, ELBOW, PAINTER, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315343772			Hospitalized injury	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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