Accident Report Detail

Accident: 106506.015 - Employee Is Injured When Floor Pit'S Cover Collapses

**Accident: 106506.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 06/11/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1322901.015	06/15/2018		Relmec Mechanical Llc

At 11:00 a.m. on June 11, 2018, Employee #1, a plumber employed by a mechanical contractor, was working at a commercial facility that was being decommissioned. He was assigned to purge natural gas lines. As he stepped on a covered floor p it, the steel grating that covered the pit collapsed, and Employee #1 fell. Eme rgency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a severe laceration to the groin that required surgery and a pun ctured artery.

Keywords: artery, construction, cover, dismantling, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, floor hole, floor opening, grating, laceration, plumbing, puncture, purging

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1322901.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices

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