Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14224422 - Employee Injured By Fall Through Missing Floor Grating
Accident: 14224422 -- Report ID: 0355115 -- Event Date: 03/01/1989 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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105684054 | 03/02/1989 | 2823 | Avtex Fibers Front Royal, Inc. | ||||
On March 8, 1989, Employee #1 and a supervisor were in a barricaded area on the mezzanine level of number 1 acid reclaim. Employee #1 had walked north by a floor opening 31 inches wide by 88 inches long, which was a section of metal grating they had removed. Employee #1 was walking south looking through the grating showing a supervisor of a sub-contractor a section of abandoned condensation line which needed to be removed. This was located on the level below them. Employee #1 was looking back north and walking south when he stepped into the opening and fell 9 foot 9 inches to a plywood floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized with the following injuries; cracked ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and a broken nose. | |||||||
Keywords:
shoulder, floor hole, grating, nose, rib, fall
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 105684054 | Hospitalized injury | Dislocation | Supervisors, mechanics and repairers |