Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 958454 - Employee's spinal cord injured in fall through floor hole

Accident Summary Nr: 958454 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 06/13/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119793909	06/27/1997	1711	0	Bestway Specialty Contractors

Abstract: On June 13, 1997, Employee #1, of Bestway Specialty Contractors, lifted an unsecured, unlabeled plywood panel and stepped forward, falling through a hole in the floor of a blast freezer under construction. He fell 21 feet to concrete and sustained a serious spinal cord injury. Employee #1 required hospitalization.

Keywords: SPINE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, WARNING SIGN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119793909			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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