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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 77858.015 - Employee Is Killed From Head Injuries After Falling Through

**Accident: 77858.015 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 07/06/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1075552.015	07/07/2015		Spc Mechanical Corporation

At 12:30 p.m. on July 6, 2015, an employee returned to work from lunch and began working on cutting a hole through a 22 gauge steel corrugated deck flooring wit h a Bosch Model RS7 Reciprocating Saw. The employee cut a 36 inch by 36 inch ho le into the deck surface and fell through, landing on the concrete floor. The e mployee was killed from head trauma injuries.

Keywords: concrete slab, fall, floor hole, floor opening, head

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1075552.015	58	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	FallDist: 24 FallHt:1 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause:

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