Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201040581 - Employee killed in fall through floor opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201040581 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 03/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302526512	03/05/1999	1731	0	Tri Power Electric

Abstract: Employee #1 had been assigned to locate fire and smoke dampers installed inside the air conditioning ducts of a hotel/casino under construction. He was apparently on the 2 1/2 S-sector floor level of the casino's retail sales area when he walked into a dark isolated space behind the vertical air ducts. Employee #1 fell 23 ft through one of the two 48 in. wide by 60 in. long uncovered floor openings, landing on a horizontal air duct. He was killed. There were no witnesses to the accident.

Keywords: COVER, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LIGHTING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, POOR VISIBILITY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	38		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302526512			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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