Abstract: At approximately 8:48 a.m. on October 30, 2009, Employee #1 was working for Cal Painting as a painter. He was part of a crew that was painting a three unit residential house. Employee #1 was working from the third level of a 37 ft high metal scaffold. There was no mid-rail on the level where he was working. He was holding onto the top railing of the scaffold when it disconnected from the scaffold. Employee #1 fell approximately 21 ft to the sidewalk below. He suffered fractures to his legs, collar bone, left wrist, sternum, and ribs, His lungs were punctured, and he had head trauma that included a blood clot on his brain stem. He was hospitalized at San Francisco General Hospital for treatment. He was hospitalized for approximately two months and was in a coma for the first two weeks.