Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200801314 - Employee Is Injured in Fall While Installing Water Slide

Accident Summary Nr: 200801314 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 05/24/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308380476	05/26/2005	1799	238990	Tschanz And Sons Construction

Abstract: On May 24, 2005, Employee #1 and two coworkers were installing a water slide to rest on and attach to a stair tower. One coworker, working from the stair tower, removed four screws that secured a floor-hole cover and then walked down the stair tower to get a tool. Employee #1 was working from an aerial lift and climbed from the aerial lift to the stair tower and proceeded to walk down the stair tower. As the coworker traveled a couple of flights of stairs below the top of the tower, Employee #1 picked up one end of the floor-hole cover and fell 47 feet through the floor and struck the stair tower braces on the way down.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, WORK SURFACE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	47

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308380476			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 47 feet Cause: Swimming pool construction Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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