Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 823732 - Employee injured in fall through floor opening

Accident Summary Nr: 823732 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 06/21/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104395025	06/22/1988	1711	0	E J Whelan & Co

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were cleaning the floor of mechanical penthouse of scrap lumber and other debris before erecting a scaffold. They picked up a piece of plywood from the floor. Employee #1 was walking forward with the plywood and the coworker was walking backward when the employee fell through a 30-in. by 30-in. floor opening. He fell 13 ft to a concrete floor and was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104395025			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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