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Accident Summary Nr: 14447676 - EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ESCALATOR OPENING TO CONCRETE FLOOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14447676 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/10/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3031002	12/11/1986	1741	0	Demiro-West Coast

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF ERECTING FORM SCAFFOLDING ADJACENT TO AN ESCALATOR OPENING. CREW MEMBERS LOCATED BELOW THE OPENING REMOVED SOME SCAFFOLD BEAMS, LEAVING PLYWOOD SHEETING WITH ONLY LOOSE SUPPORT UNDER THE OPENING. THE OPENING WAS NOT GUARDED FROM ABOVE, BUT WAS ONLY COVERED WITH 4 INCH BY 4 INCH BY 16 16 FOOT BOARDS. ONE OF THE BOARDS BROKE AS EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED OVER THE OPENING. HE FELL THROUGH THE OPENING, THROUGH THE LOOSELY SUPPORTED FALSE FLOORING AND TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR LOCATED 22 FEET BELOW. THE EMPLOYEE FRACTURED BOTH ELBOW JOINTS AS HE TRIED TO CUSHION HIS IMPACT.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, ELBOW, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3031002			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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