Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201093507 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201093507 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 10/20/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126138882	12/08/1999	8222	0	Allan Hancock College

Abstract: At 1:10 p.m. on October 20, 1999, Employee #1 fell off of a rolling scaffold. Employee #1 was painting the Q building snack area. The ceiling is 13.5 feet high. The skylights are 1.5 feet above the ceiling. Employee #1 was using a tube and coupler rolling scaffold that was 100 inches long and 29 inches wide. The platform was 5.5 feet high. Employee #1 could not reach the skylight area, so he got a chair and put it on the scaffold platform. As he was climbing on the chair or as he just got on the chair, he fell off the scaffold. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital with bruises and contusions and was later released.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FALL, PAINTER, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126138882			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Painters, construction and maintenance

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