Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202541421 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 202541421 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/07/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300871571	11/18/2009	1771	238110	Superior Gunite

Abstract: On November 7, 2009, Employee #1, a journeyman carpenter, and several coworkers were stripping wall-form panels from a new concrete wall and dismantling scaffolding. Employee #1 was at the first level of the bracket scaffold, along with a coworker, and was using a pry bar to remove a plywood wall-form panel. The working level of the scaffolding was approximately 15 feet above ground level, and apparently, the employees were standing on the top rail of the scaffold. When the panel came loose, it struck and broke the railing and caused Employee #1 to fall to the ground. Los Angeles City Fire Department Paramedics transported Employee #1 to California Hospital Medical Center, where he was hospitalized and treated for fractures to his wrist, right knee, and lower back.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, PANEL, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, SCAFFOLD, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	38

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300871571			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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