Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99169.015 - Worker falls from unsecured ladder, incurs multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 99169.015 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 08/16/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1264284.015	09/11/2017		238390	Jose Antonio Acosta

Abstract: At 10:50 a.m. on August 16, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a job site, a one-story residential building. In preparation for plaster coating an exterior 15-foot wall, he was taping a top portion of the wall. He was working from a 6-foot stepladder placed on the platform of a 6-foot high scaffold. The stepladder, in its folded position, was leaning against the wall and placed on two unsecured, loose scaffold planks. The wood planks shifted, and the ladder fell. Employee #1 fell onto a concrete/tiled floor, a fall height of approximately 10 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was treated for multiple rib fractures and abdominal trauma. Employee #1 was hospitalized for 5 days.

Keywords: Abdomen, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Residential Construction, Rib, Scaffold, Stepladder, Unsecured, Unstable Surface, Work Rules

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1264284.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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