Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202552493 - Plumber Is Injured in Fall Through Floor Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202552493 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 09/27/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313167579	10/05/2010	1711	238220	Plumbing, Piping And Construction Inc

Abstract: On September 27, 2010, Employee #1, a plumber, was part of a crew lowering two, 400-gallon commercial water heaters into a basement. They removed the cover over a 7 ft by 6 ft access opening in the ground-level concrete floor. The two water heaters were sitting near this hole and the crew was rigging one of them for the move. As Employee #1 was looking at the rigging, he fell through the floor opening 10.5 ft to the concrete floor in the basement. He was hospitalized for compound fractures of his right leg and right wrist.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COVER, INSTALLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, PLUMBING, WATER HEATER, UNGUARDED, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313167579			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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