Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201167996 - Employee Is Injured in Collapse of Scaffold Plank

Accident Summary Nr: 201167996 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126161017	08/22/2006	1742	238310	Martin Bros/Marcowall Inc

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on August 21, 2006, Employee #1 was working on a rolling scaffold (4 to 5 ft high) that he had assembled earlier that morning. The plank was leveled, well-supported by two 1-in.-wide welded rails that ran along both sides of scaffold, and constrained from sliding horizontally by four corner uprights. Shortly after Employee #1 had placed a full bucket of drywall joint compound and several hand tools on the plank, the plank gave way. He then fell to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Kaiser Hospital for a fractured left leg. There were no witnesses to the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OVERLOADED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HAND TOOL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	2	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126161017			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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