Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201345063 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Open Floor Grate

Accident Summary Nr: 201345063 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 04/24/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312799778	04/27/2009	1731	238210	Shelley Electric, Inc.

Abstract: On April 24, 2009, Employee #1 and a coworker, both industrial engineers, were doing a walk through of a nearly completed aircraft paint booth ventilation project. Employee #1 opened a door and entered a walkway of a ventilation plenum. The plenum walkway area was not illuminated because the filters had been installed. Employee #1 walked into the walkway and fell six feet through an open floor grating. The coworker and other employees called for emergency services. Emergency services arrived on the scene and extracted Employee #1 from the pit. He was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he was admitted for his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, VENTILATION, WALK PLATFORM, PIT, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312799778			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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