Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201523479 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Second Floor

Accident Summary Nr: 201523479 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 04/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314165549	04/22/2010	1795	238910	Omega Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:44 a.m. on April 22, 2010, an employee was walking across the second floor of a former Filene's store that was in the demolition phase of being renovated. The employee fell through a hole in the floor, where duct work was recently removed. The hole was 2-ft 8-in. by 3-ft and the distance the employee fell was 16 ft 11 in. The employee was leaving the building to go to lunch and stepped onto a steel door that was lying across the hole, which slid out of place and caused the employee to fall. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a fractured hip.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, HIP, UNGUARDED, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314165549			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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