Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201620622 - Employee falls through improperly protected floor opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201620622 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 01/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303923064	01/19/2001	1796	0	Lloyd W Aubry Co Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303923049	01/19/2001	3861	0	Eastman Kodak Co
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303923056	01/19/2001	8711	0	Moser & Associates Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 p.m. on January 17, 2001, Employee #1 was walking on the third level of an expansion project when he stepped on an unsecured plywood cover over a floor opening. The plywood cover shifted allowing him to fall approximately 20 ft to the second level. During the fall he apparently struck the top railing of a scissor lift and duct work. He was hospitalized with a lacerated kidney, contusion of the liver, and fractured ribs.

Keywords: UNSECURED PANEL, FALL, UNSECURED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, RIB, CONTUSION, FRACTURE, STRUCK AGAINST, LIVER, UNSTABLE SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303923064	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 60 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)
2	303923049			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	303923056			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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