Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201634136 - Employee injures leg in fall from mobile scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201634136 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 10/22/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307087288	10/23/2003	1721	238320	Williamsen & Bleid Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307087403	10/27/2003	1731	238210	Team Electric Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 p.m. on October 22, 2003, Employee #1 was painting the ceiling of a library using a mobile scaffold. He finished one strip and found that he could not move the scaffold to start another strip because the floor was uneven. He noticed another contractor's mobile scaffold nearby and he climbed onto that scaffold to finish the job. As he began painting, the guardrail gave way and he fell approximately 13 feet to the floor. He fell onto a gang box and fractured his left leg. He was hospitalized with his injuries.

Keywords: EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PAINTER, LEG, FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307087288			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	307087403					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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