OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440324
EAGLE LATH AND PLASTER INC.
FAIRFIELD, CA·
Event description
Employee fractures lower arm/wrist in fall from scaffold lad
Investigation abstract
At 10:52 a.m. on February 17, 2022, Employee #1 was working from a scaffold 17 feet high plastering the outside structure of the building. Employee #1 was attempting to access the scaffold ladder from the third level of the scaffolding system. The employee stepped on the guard rail to get his leg over and onto the ladder. Employee #1 slipped as he stepped on the guard rail and fell approximately 17 feet to the dirt surface below. Employee #1 suffered a fractured left lower arm/wrist and was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 584
- Fall distance
- 17
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