Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170180897 - Employee injured in 20 ft fall from concrete deck opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170180897 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 11/25/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112156914	11/26/1991	8713	0	Pafford Surveyors

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a surveying crew that had just gone to work on the second floor of a pour-in-place construction job. They were getting ready to survey and snap lines for block partitions. Employee #1 picked up a piece of plywood that was lying in the way of a line that was to be snapped. The plywood was covering an opening in the concrete deck and Employee #1 fell 20 ft through the opening and suffered a fractured skull, face, and left wrist and a shattered right elbow and wrist. The plywood was cleated, but did not have the required warning label.

Keywords: DECKING, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, SKULL, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, ELBOW, FACE, WARNING SIGN, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112156914			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Surveying and mapping technicians

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