Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125620187 - C E Toland & Son

Inspection Information - Office: San Francisco District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 7:35 a.m. on January 17, 2003, Employee #1, a crew foreman, was on a temporary scaffold. It was erected on the basement floor to the sidewalk level. Wooden planks and plywood were placed on the platform. The platform was approximately 4 ft by 8 ft without a guardrail on one side and a 10 ft drop to the basement. A ladder was placed at the west side near the edge with a two by four secured at the base and tied-off at the top. The ladder was extended approximately 13 ft. Employee #1 and a coworker were assigned to hoist a ten by ten by thirty one foot piece of tube steel horizontally. Employee #1 installed a steel clip to the concrete wall to hook his rigging from, and used an existing concrete wedge anchor as part of the hoisting system. He attached a come-along from the clip and the cable down to the tube steel with a 0.375-in. steel choker around one end of the tube steel. He operated the come-along from the ladder approximately 9 ft above the ground. He attempted to raise one end of the tube steel approximately 2 ft to cut off one end when the concrete anchor failed. The anchor was pulled out of the concrete. The tube dropped and the come-along threw him off the ladder backwards. He fell approximately 19 ft and landed on his left side, striking several four by six wood timbers between the ground and basement. He was hospitalized with hip and pelvis fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, RIGGING, HAND WINCH, LADDER, PELVIS, FALL, HIP, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD