Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202554267 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Inside Elevator Shaft,later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 202554267 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/09/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315527119	12/19/2011	1791	238120	Steel Tech Fabrication, Inc.

Abstract: On December 9, 2011, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working inside a two story commercial building under major renovation. The interior of this building had been demolished down to its structural frame. The elevator shaft had all the original elevator equipment removed. This open elevator shaft measured 7 feet wide, 8ft.8in. - long and was completely covered by nailed down planks and plywood sheets. Employee #1 stepped onto the covered hole to take measurements for some steel pieces which needed to be installed in the shaft. The plywood cover buckled in the middle, and he fell through the shaft approximately 15 feet to the concrete floor of the elevator pit. Employee #1 suffered dislocated right shoulder, broken right wrist and multiple fractured ribs on his right side. He was transported to the hospital and surgery was performed to repair some of the damage; he was hospitalized for one week. The accident was reported to DOSH on December 9, 2011.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, DISLOCATED, RIB, FALL, ELEVATOR SHAFT, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315527119			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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