Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201170354 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201170354 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/02/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125848465	01/09/1997	1742	0	Kenny Blevins Plastering

Abstract: At approximately 11:40 a.m. on January 2, 1997, Employee #1 and a coworker were working for a plastering contractor on a custom two-story, single-family home under construction. They were to apply paper, insulating foam, and wire to the front of the second story above the entry way and garage. The scaffolding that encircled most of the structure had been erected by a scaffolding company. Employees #1 and #2 erected scaffolding above the garage and then connected it to the scaffolding that surrounded the house. Employee #1 was standing on a platform without rails, marking studs for the installation of insulating foam, when he fell approximately 16 ft 5 in. to the ground. He apparently tried to grab the roof while falling, and he also may have struck the rain gutter. Employee #1 sustained a broken left shoulder blade, cracked left ribs, and scalp lacerations. He was transported to U.C. Davis Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for several days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125848465			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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