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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 202467734 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Platform

**Accident: 202467734 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/08/2009**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
312432859	07/15/2009	1796	New Heights Elevator Co. Inc.

At approximately 10:40 a.m. on July 8, 2009, Employee #1 was working for New Heights Elevator Company, Inc. He and a coworker were removing a temporary platform with 2-ft by 6-ft planks, at the north tower elevator shaft. When Employee #1 stepped onto one of the planks, it broke and he fell 20 ft onto the elevator pit floor. He was hospitalized at Sierra Vista Hospital for three days for treatment of fractures that were not specified.

Keywords: fracture, plank, fall, fall protection, elevated work plat, elevator, elevator shaft

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	312432859			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, construction trades	FallDist: FallHt:2 Cause: Elevator, escalator installation FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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