Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 98231.015 - Worker Falls Into Concrete Vault And Is Injured

**Accident: 98231.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/20/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1248523.015	07/20/2017		Concrete General, Inc.

At 11:15 a.m. on July 20, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a concrete company, was performing work above an underground concrete utility vault. He was standing a bove the vault and shoveling stone for backfill around the vault's perimeter. F our hole covers were not secured. Employee #1 displaced a cover with his feet a nd fell to the concrete floor of the vault, a fall height of 9 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was a dmitted and treated for his fall-related injuries.

Keywords: concrete, construction, fall, fall protection, floor hole, floor opening, undrgrd installation, unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1248523.015	17	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	FallDist: 9 FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause:

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