Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169398 - Employee Suffers Multiple Injuries in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201169398 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126202340	12/26/2007	1542	236220	Ftr International Inc

Abstract: On December 10, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were on the third floor of a theater under construction at Santa Monica College, building a work platform between the staircase and a wall. They placed a wooden plank between an eight-foot metal stepladder and a six-foot metal stepladder, then nailed a second plank perpendicular to the first. Employee #1 tried to screw the free end of the second plank to a metal stud on the wall, but he was unable to reach it. Employee #1 was stretching out farther toward the wall when the plank he was standing on slipped out causing him to fall approximately two stories. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures, requiring hospitalization. Employee #1 was not wearing a safety belt or any type of fall protection at the time of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PPE, SAFETY BELT, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5	57

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126202340			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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