Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201110418 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201110418 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120083464	06/14/1996	1743	0	Corradini Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on June 10, 1996, Employee #1, of Corradini Corporation, was working as a tile finisher at a job site in Sepulveda, CA. He was on the third level of metal scaffolding located on the north side of the building, approximately 30 ft above the ground. Some of his coworkers, who were also on the scaffold, were installing tiles, while Employee #1 and two others were cleaning the newly set tiles with water and sponges. As he worked, Employee #1 was moving along the scaffold. When he touched a midrail, it gave way and he fell to the ground, suffering a cracked pelvis, fractured ribs, and fractured right leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized for ten days to undergo surgery on the leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PELVIS, FALL, MIDRAIL, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120083464			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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