Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202539391 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Floor Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202539391 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/18/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126198332	03/25/2008	1771	238140	Landavazo Corp

Abstract: At approximately 11:40 a.m. on March 18, 2008, an employee was putting down an extension cord to do some chipping. There was an elevator shaft opening that was covered with plywood and red caution tape had been placed around it on the floor where the employee was working. The employee was moving an extension cord across the floor and crossed under the caution tape and walked onto the plywood cover. The cover gave way, and he fell 10 feet to the concrete deck below. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a fractured vertebrae and a fractured elbow.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FLOOR HOLE, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, ELBOW, VERTEBRA, WORK SURFACE, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	42

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126198332			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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