Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202469821 - Employee Fractures Vertebrae in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202469821 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/01/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314823006	12/06/2010	1521	236115	Steven Cornell

Abstract: At approximately 12:39 p.m. on December 1, 2010, Employee #1 was working as a laborer on a residential construction site. The employer was the owner of the residence, who had employed 3 employees to build the foundation and frame the house using scaffolds, ladders and various hand tools. Employee #1 was working by himself, and was nailing plywood to the side of the house. Employee #1 climbed up on the working platform of a stationary scaffold that had two planks on it. The scaffold did not have any end rails, top rails or mid rails on it. Employee #1 bent over to pick up a nail gun and fell headfirst approximately 103 inches to the dirt below. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, CA. Employee #1 suffered fractures of the C7-T1 vertebrae and as a result, is a paraplegic. The Division issued a Serious citation for 1644(a)(7) due to the working platform only having 2 planks instead of three and also issued a Serious Accident Related citation for 1644(a)(6) for the scaffold not having any top, mid or end rails on it.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PARALYSIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, VERTEBRA, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314823006			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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