Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201185352 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201185352 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 09/05/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312689748	09/16/2010	1721	238320	Pit Chu Wu Dba Chu Wu Painting

Abstract: At approximately 4:38 p.m. on September 3, 2010, Employee #1 was applying primer to the exterior of a residential building that was being painted. He was working from a Werner 4200 wide-span metal rolling scaffold. The scaffold had four platforms, the highest being approximately 18 ft above the ground. Each platform consisted of one plank that was 22-in. wide, although the space between the scaffold uprights could have accommodated a second plank. Employee #1 was working on the second platform from the bottom. The scaffold was tied to the building. Employee #1 was not wearing fall protection and was kneeling when his foot slipped on the plank. Employee #1 fell 11 ft to the ground and landed partially on a strip of dirt that ran the length of the concrete driveway. Employee #1 fell within the perimeter of the four wheels of the scaffold. Employee #1 was hospitalized at San Francisco General Hospital for three nights for treatment of injuries that were not specified.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, PAINT, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PAINTER, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312689748			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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