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Accident Summary Nr: 114826.015 - Employee falls through floor hole and receives multiple inju

Accident Summary Nr: 114826.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 02/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1381568.015	02/26/2019		238120	Dgs Construction, Llc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on February 26, 2019, an employee cleaned up trash and debris on the eight floor of a new construction building which included sheets of plywood. The employee lifted a piece of plywood used to cover a floor hole and then stepped, unknowingly into the hole. The employee fell approximately twenty feet and landed head first on the sixth floor having fallen through a seventh floor hole. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple skull, neck, spine and collar bone fractures, brain swelling, multiple instances of internal bleeding and large contusions and abrasions to the upper body and abdomen.

Keywords: Abdomen, Brain, Cleaning, Collarbone, Contusion, Cover, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Fracture, Laceration, Neck, Plywood, Skull, Spine, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			9	130

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1381568.015	72	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause:

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