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Accident Summary Nr: 107193.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Injuries In Fall Down Elevator Shaf
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1328841.015 | 07/10/2018 | 236116 | Nova Engineering And Environmental Llc |
Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on July 5, 2018, an employee, working as a Quality Control Inspecto r, was on the second story of a new residential building still under constructio n with a coworker reviewing a County inspector's findings. While walking through the building discussing the findings, the coworker tried to warn the employee o f an unguarded elevator shaft that the employee was standing too close to. The e mployee fell through the opening and landed at the bottom of the shaft in three feet of water. The employee received a dislocated shoulder, elbow fracture and a head laceration.
Keywords:
dislocated, elbow, elevator shaft, fall, fall protection, floor opening, fracture, head, inspecting, laceration, shoulder, unguarded fl opening
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 2 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1328841.015 | 60 | M | Hospitalized injury | Inspectors and compliance officers except constr. |