Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201085669 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold when planks give way

Accident Summary Nr: 201085669 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125757393	10/26/2004	1741	238140	Joe R Apodaca Plastering

Abstract: At approximately 11:35 a.m. on September 20, 2004, Employee #1 was walking on a scaffold that had been set up for stucco work at a construction site in Exeter, CA. He was stepping on two planks that were approximately 2 ft from another section of the scaffold when the planks gave way. Employee #1 fell at least 10 ft to the ground, fracturing two vertebrae and suffering a serious head injury. He was transported to Kaweah Delta Hospital and then moved to Fresno University Medical Center for further treatment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, VERTEBRA, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125757393			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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