Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170184097 - Employee injured in 40 ft fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 170184097 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111754636	05/23/1991	1522	0	Mike Castellano Drywall

Abstract: Employee #1, a 19-year-old drywall helper, had been instructed to do light finish sanding on the fourth floor of a new four-story residential building. He started to sand the interior of the elevator shaft. The entry to the shaft was unguarded except for a single 2 by 4 nailed across it at a height of approximately 40 in. When Employee #1 leaned against the 2 by 4, it gave way. He fell approximately 40 ft to the bottom of the pit, which was filled with an approximately 2 ft tall pile of cartons. Employee #1 suffered back, hip, and internal injuries, and was hospitalized. There were no other guardrails and no toe-boards to guard the elevator shaft opening. Employee #1 was working alone at the time of the accident.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, ELEVATOR, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111754636			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers

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