Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14315436 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM ELEVATION

Accident Summary Nr: 14315436 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 09/23/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109359950	09/23/1996	1799	0	F. H. Chase

Abstract: 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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109359950			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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