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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 113621.015 - Employee Falls Through Floor Opening And Receives Impalement

**Accident: 113621.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 11/15/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1377664.015	11/16/2018		J Rivera Construction Services, Llc

At 3:00 p.m. on November 15, 2018, an employee removed a section of flooring. At some point after removing the flooring, the employee fell approximately ten fee t though the floor opening. The employee landed on several metal screws and a pi ece of metal that created impalement injuries to the back. The employee was take n to a local hospital for treatment.

Keywords: back, fall, fall protection, floor hole, floor opening, impaled, metal strip

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1377664.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	FallDist: 11 FallHt:2 Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause:

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