Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169034 - Employee's ankle fractured in fall when platform collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201169034 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126193481	08/02/2007	1751	238130	Dnm Construction Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on July 26, 2007, Employee #1, of DNM Construction Compant, Inc., and two coworkers, were installing an 80 lb, 3 ft wide by 5 ft long wooden oval art frame into the 9 ft high ceiling in the second-floor master bedroom at a residential site. They were working from a 5 ft high by 7 ft wide by 8 ft long job-built platform composed of two pieces of plywood, and two 2 by 4 legs on one side. The other side of platform was supported by a ledge on the wall. The foreman and Employee #1 were on the platform when the foreman asked the other coworker for help. The coworker ascended a 6 ft stepladder to join them on the platform. As soon as he stepped from the second-to-top rung of the ladder onto the platform, the platform collapsed. All three employees jumped off the platform as it came down. Employee #1 sustained a compound fracture of his left ankle and was transported to Cedars Sinai Hospital, where he was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, ANKLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126193481			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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