Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170216121 - Employee killed in fall through floor opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170216121 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/01/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124863077	05/02/1996	1791	0	Redinger Steel Erectors Inc

Abstract: On May 1, 1996, Employee #1, an iron worker for Reddinger Steel Erectors, Inc., was asked by a coworker for help in moving a fixed ladder to its permanent location. The coworker had removed a plywood cover from the floor opening to where the ladder was to be moved. Employee #1 went to the location and was speaking to a millwright when he fell 22 feet through the opening to a concrete floor. Employee #1 was taken to Botsford General Hospital, where he died.

Keywords: COVER, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124863077			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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