Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163672 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201163672 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/11/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126059724	04/17/2002	1721	0	Charles Lawrence Painting, Aka C & L Painting Co.

Abstract: On April 11, 2002, Employee #1, with Charles Lawrence Painting, was on a 24-ft ladder painting the front exterior wall of a commercial building. He was about 12 ft above the ground holding a window frame with his right hand, and reaching to paint an area of the wall approximately 42 inches to the left of the ladder. A coworker attempted to warn Employee #1 that he was reaching too far, however Employee # 1 slipped and fell to a concrete driveway. He was hospitalized at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles for right complex facial and skull-base fractures, brain injury, C6-7 disc herniation with spinal cord compression, and fractures of both right and left arms.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, SLIP, SKULL, FALL, ARM, FACE, PAINTER, VERTEBRA, BRAIN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126059724			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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