Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200123099 - Employee Is Killed in Fall Through Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 200123099 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 01/11/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313525172	01/11/2010	1751	238130	Hip Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:40 a.m. on January 11, 2010, Employee #1 was laying grid lines and shoveling snow on a second floor deck. An elevator shaft opening was covered with a plastic tarp with temporary guardrails around a portion of the shaft opening. Employee #1 was not wearing any fall protection equipment. He fell 30 ft through the elevator shaft opening and died.

Keywords: UNGUARDED FL OPENING, STRUCK AGAINST, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SHOVEL, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313525172			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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