Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119740.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall In Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 119740.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1430085.015	09/11/2019		238310	Dayton Walls & Ceilings, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on September 11, 2019, an Employee was assessing an elevator to determine drywall requirements for an interior firewall. The elevator's wooden platform, concealed an unsecured and unmarked floor hole cover (beneath) and after standing on the temporary floor hole cover, the Employee fell approximately 40 feet through the cover and hole, to the concrete landing of the elevator shaft pit. The Employee sustained fatal head injuries and was killed.

Keywords: abdomen, brain, cave-in, concrete, cover, elevated work platform, elevator, fall, floor hole, floor opening, foot, footings, frame, guard, head, temporary floor, unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4	60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1430085.015	42	M	Fatality		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 40 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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