Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201168218 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201168218 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/28/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126161025	09/28/2006	1742	238310	Sharpe Interior Systems Inc

Abstract: At 7:10 a.m. on September 28, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a framing foreman for a tenant improvement contractor. The contractor was engaged in metal stud framing and drywall installation at a site in Los Angeles, CA. Clune Construction was the general contractor for the tenant improvement phase of the project, and Employee #1's employer, Sharpe Interior Systems, Inc., was the tenant improvement subcontractor. The incident occurred on the third level of the scaffold, which was erected inside on the ground floor of the Fidelity Investment Center. Employee #1, who was working without fall protection, fell from the side of the scaffold adjacent to the wall. He sustained an unspecified injury to his head, and he was killed. The causal factor was that Employee #1 was working between the wall and the scaffold without tying off.

Keywords: HEAD, PPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126161025			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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