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Accident Summary Nr: 119252.015 - Employee scraping paint in stairwell falls from elevation an

Accident Summary Nr: 119252.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424223.015	08/19/2019		238110	Nathan Contracting, L.P.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on August 12, 2019, an employee was working as a laborer for a contractor that made poured concrete foundations and structures. The firm he worked for was performing alterations to or a rehabilitation of a commercial building. The employee was removing paint in a stairwell of a parking garage. He was scraping paint off a railing. The floor had been removed, at least in part, from the stairwell. There was an opening that had not been covered. The employee fell 8 or 9 feet (2.4 to 2.7 meters) through the opening created by the floor's removal to a cement floor below. He suffered broken ribs. He was hospitalized for two or more days.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Floor Hole, Floor Opening, Fracture, Laborer, Rib, Stair, Unguarded, Unguarded Fl Opening, Walking Surface, Work at Elevation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1424223.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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