Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170067367 - Employee injured in fall through stairway opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170067367 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 09/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127377190	09/11/1996	1751	0	Wallace Construction

Abstract: Employee #1, two coworkers, and the owner of Wallace Construction Company were working next to an unguarded 5 ft 8 in. long by 4 ft 11 in. wide stairway opening that was 10 ft above a concrete basement floor. They were framing around the stairway opening when Employee #1 fell through it to the concrete basement floor. The stairway did not have a standard railing at all open sides and open ends, nor was any type of fall protection in use, such as body belts with lanyards, or full body harnesses with lanyards.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127377190			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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