Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 642991 - Employee injured in fall through floor hole

Accident Summary Nr: 642991 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 08/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17934167	08/30/1999	1742	0	Seaway Of Gouverneur Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a cut-off saw to trim the edge of the metal floor of a building under construction. He picked up some scrap material and threw it off the floor to the ground. Employee #1 then picked up a piece of metal decking, possibly thinking it was scrap, and inadvertently stepped into a 32 in. by 36 in. hole over which the decking had been placed. He fell approximately 22 ft to the ground, fracturing multiple vertebrae. The piece of metal decking covering the floor hole had not been secured, nor was it properly labeled or color-coded.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COVER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	17934167			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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