Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201167558 - Employee Sustains Fractures after Falling from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201167558 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/30/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126151828	11/30/2005	1742	238310	West Coast Plastering & Drywall Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on November 30, 2005, Employee #1 was dismantling a scaffold next to an open trench at a multi-employer construction job site in Santa Monica, CA. When the bearing soil underneath a scaffold leg caved into the unsupported/unshored trench, the scaffold moved and Employee #1 fell. Employee #1 fractured multiple ribs and was hospitalized for three days at UCLA Harbor Hospital. Causal factors included: 1) the opened trench was not shored up to provide adequate bearing pressure for the scaffold leg, and 2) Employee #1 did not adequately inspect the ground stability and the opened trench before dismantling the scaffold.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, FALL, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126151828			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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