Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 HAD CLIMBED A LADDER UP TO A PLATFORM (12' X 66' X 8") ABOVE THE CONCRETE FLOOR. SOME WOODEN PREHUNG DOORS WERE TO BE HANDED UP TO HIM. ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE 12' WIDE PLATFORM WAS A FLOOR OPENING FOR SPIRAL STAIRS, 4' WIDE X 78" LONG. THE OPENING HAD BEEN LEFT UNCOVERED FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS WORK. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST RECEIVED AND SET THE PREHUNG DOOR DOWN ON THE PLATFORM, WHEN HE APPARENTLY TURNED AND STEPPED INTO THE FLOOR OPENING. HE LANDED ON HIS HANDS AND FACE, STRIKING HIS FOREHEAD. CO-WORKERS CAME TO HIS AID AND CALLED AN AMBULANCE. IT WAS APPARENT HIS WRISTS WERE BROKEN , AND BLOOD WAS COMING FROM HIS NOSTRILS. HE DIED TWO DAYS LATER AS A RESULT OF COMPLICATIONS FROM A SKULL FRACTURE, ACCORDING TO THE OLMSTEAD COUNTY CORONER.