Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201092624 - Employee fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201092624 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 03/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126138031	04/01/1999	1721	0	Alan Ross Painting Co.

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on March 30, 1999, Employee #1 fell 17.5 feet from a scaffold. At the time of the accident, a facial board was being painted on a family dwelling. The foreman was already on the scaffold plank at the time Employee #1 stepped onto it. Just after Employee #1 stepped onto the scaffold plank, the plank slipped off the scaffold and fell. The foreman was able to grab some lathing wire and stand on the short roof ledge until rescue. The scaffold plank was supported on one end by a metal scaffold and on the other end was supported by a combination of a two foot high metal brace on the roof and a plank on its end which was being used as a ledger. There was no guardrail on the scaffold. Employee #1 was hospitalized with two fractured wrists and a fractured back.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PAINT, BACK, FALL, SCAFFOLD, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	17

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126138031			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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