Abstract: On March 18, 2006, Employee #1, a Polish carpenter, who understood English very little, was framing the first floor exterior walls. He stepped through a floor hole and fell approximately 10 ft, landing in the basement on his head. Employee #1 was killed. The hole was approximately 4 ft by 6 ft and was covered, but it was not marked. Employee #1 was not wearing any fall protection. Company's records did not indicate any fall protection training for the employee, but the company owner stated that Employee #1 received training in verbal form on the job. The company did not have a written safety program. There were no contributing weather conditions.