Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 875229 - Employee injured in fall through elevator shaft opening

Accident Summary Nr: 875229 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/22/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119809564	03/29/1993	1541	0	Harbison-Mahony-Higgins Builders Inc

Abstract: At about 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 22, 1993, Employee #1 of Harbison Mahoney & Higgins was working at a construction site for a phone company operations center in Roseville, CA. He was placing sandbags around an elevator shaft (protected by guardrails) and cleaning up in preparation for a storm. He somehow fell through or over the railing and onto the visqueen covering the opening, then through the visqueen to the bottom of the elevator pit in the basement 19 feet below. If he had been working inside the railing, he would have tied-off with the safety belt and lanyard he was wearing. Employee #1 was given first aid and taken by life flight to UC Medical Center, Sacramento, CA. He was treated for broken ribs and collarbone and a severe laceration on the left arm.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, COLLARBONE, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM, TIE-OFF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119809564			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters

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