Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14315436 - Employee Injured In Fall From Elevation
Accident: 14315436 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 09/23/1996 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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109359950 | 09/23/1996 | 1799 | F. H. Chase | ||||
Employee #1 had been working with a subcontractor cutting and enlarging an opening in a concrete floor. After the job was complete, Employee #1 assisted the contractor in placing two plywood hole cover panels over the opening. After the subcontractor left the area, Employee #1 picked up a third plywood panel from the floor and stepped into the opening that it was covering. Employee #1 later stated that he thought the third panel was to be used as a barricade and did not know that it was covering a floor opening. Employee #1 fell approximately thirteen feet and landed on a scissor lift stored on the floor level below. Employee #1 was hospitalized with bruised contusions and abrasions. | |||||||
Keywords:
unguarded fl opening, unsecured, floor hole, unsecured panel, construction, fall
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | 4 | 60 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 109359950 | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:16 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall through opening (other than roof) |