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Accident: 106506.015 - Employee Is Injured When Floor Pit'S Cover Collapses

Accident: 106506.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 06/11/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1322901.01506/15/2018Relmec Mechanical Llc
At 11:00 a.m. on June 11, 2018, Employee #1, a plumber employed by a mechanical contractor, was working at a commercial facility that was being decommissioned. He was assigned to purge natural gas lines. As he stepped on a covered floor pit, the steel grating that covered the pit collapsed, and Employee #1 fell. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a severe laceration to the groin that required surgery and a punctured artery.
Keywords: plumbing, purging, artery, cover, fall, equipment failure, floor hole, laceration, grating, fall protection, floor opening, dismantling, construction, puncture
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1322901.015 38 M Hospitalized injury Other Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices

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