Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201077757 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Ladder
Accident: 201077757 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/24/2012 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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315343772 | 03/06/2012 | 1721 | Priority Remodeling Plumbing & Ac | ||||
At approximately 12:25p.m.on February 24, 2012 Employee # 1 was working as a part-time painter for Priority Remodeling Plumbing and Air Conditioning. Employee #1 was up on a 34 foot fiberglass extension ladder painting the trim on backside of a building leased by Certified Car Care. Employee #1 was using a power sprayer with his right hand in order to spray the trim in 5 to 6 feet sweeps while standing on the ladder. The extension ladder employee # 1 was standing slipped away from the stucco wall it was propped up against. Employee #1 fell 18 feet from the extension ladder to the cement ground. Employee # 1 sustained a broken right wrist, left elbow, and right knee. Employee #1 was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego. Employee #1 was hospitalized for six days and had multiple surgeries and diagnosis testing. The accident was reported to Division of Occupation Health and Safety on February 27, 2012. | |||||||
Keywords:
knee, extension ladder, fall, elbow, painter, wrist
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 1 | 15 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 315343772 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Painters, construction and maintenance | FallDist: FallHt:20 Cause: Exterior painting FatCause: Fall from/with ladder |