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Accident Summary Nr: 607275 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL THROUGH FLOOR OPENING

Accident Summary Nr: 607275 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 02/05/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101354843	02/05/1988	1629	0	T & B Scottdale Contractors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101354850	02/05/1988	1741	0	Speed Masonry
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101354868	02/05/1988	1731	0	Womack Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A HELPER FOR A MASONRY CONTRACTOR, WAS ERECTING A WELDED FRAME SCAFFOLD AT A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD WHICH COVERED A 3 BY 6 FOOT OPENING IN THE FLOOR. THE PIECE OF PLYWOOD SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM (IT WAS NOT SECURED), CAUSING HIM TO FALL THROUGH THE OPENING 31 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A CRACKED HEEL AND COMPRESSED LUMBAR VERTEBRAE.

Keywords: COVER, FOOT, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, VERTEBRA, SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101354843			Occupation Not Listed
2	101354850	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	101354868			Occupation Not Listed

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