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Accident Summary Nr: 200201341 - Employee Fell Through Floor Opening and was Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200201341 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 01/04/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303931000	01/05/2001	5084	0	United Rentals Aerial Equipment

Abstract: On January 4, 2001, Employee #1 reported to the construction site to repair a scissors lift. When he arrived at the site, there were no workers there. He proceeded to the third floor where he was instructed by the dispatcher to get off of the elevator. The lift was not on the third floor, so Employee #1 proceeded to climb the escalator to the fourth floor where the lift was located. Employee #1 stepped into an open floor hole that was covered with a plastic dust barrier where the other escalator had been removed. Employee #1 fell through the hole and was killed.

Keywords: FLOOR HOLE, ESCALATOR, FALL, ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303931000			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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