Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98808.015 - Employee falls when scaffold collapses, injures ankle, wrist

Accident Summary Nr: 98808.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1261830.015	09/07/2017		238310	West Coast Drywall & Company Inc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on July 5, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, the foreman, both employed by a paint and drywall company, were working at a multiemployer construction project for a new two-story residence. Their company had been hired to paint the house's exterior. Both noticed that the scaffolding erected by another subcontractor seemed unsteady but went ahead with their painting. At the time of the incident, Employee #1 was working from the top story of the scaffold on the front left side of the building and masking the fascia near the highest point of the roof. Coworker #1 was working from a separate scaffold at the back of the house. The scaffold on which Employee #1 was working collapsed, and Employee #1 fell, a fall height of approximately 20 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured right foot/ankle and ligament damage to his left wrist.

Keywords: Ankle, Collapse, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Paint, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Unsecured, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1261830.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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