Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201149275 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201149275 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/06/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309299949	12/03/2007	1721	238320	Robert J Patterson Painting Company

Abstract: On July 6, 2007, Employee #1, a painter, was working from a 14 ft to 18 ft high scaffold at the western end of the service drive at an automobile dealership in San Juan Capistrano, CA. He had two 2-gallon buckets of paint, half-full, a brush, and a roller with him on the scaffold. For some reason, the scaffold collapsed. Employee #1 rode partway down with it until he jumped, landing in a concrete gutter adjacent to the oil pit. He sustained serious injuries and was transported to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, where he underwent emergency surgery. The scaffold was constructed by a scaffold company hired by the plastering contractor. The foreman was at the site, but, neither he, nor anyone else, witnessed the accident.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, PAINTER, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309299949			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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