Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441051 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Mobile Scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 202441051 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/27/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125883322	05/24/2005	3993	339950	National Sign & Marketing Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 27, 2005, Employee #1, a sign painter, was working from a mobile scaffold work platform to apply stucco on a commercial sign, measuring 9-feet high by 11-feet long. The scaffold platform was at an elevation of 5.5 feet and was above a concrete floor. As Employee #1 applied the stucco to the sign, he lost his footing and fell off an open side of the work platform and struck the concrete floor with his head. Employee #1 was taken to Chino Valley Community Hospital in Chino, California, where he was hospitalized and treated for a fractured skull, which required surgery.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, LOST BALANCE, PAINTER, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125883322			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Painters, construction and maintenance

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