Accident Report Detail
Accident: 96896.015 - Employee Falls Into Maintenance Pit And Is Injured
Accident: 96896.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 02/08/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1214511.015 | 02/28/2017 | Weir Slurry Group, Inc. | |||||
At 11:00 p.m. on February 8, 2017, an employee was mopping the floor at a pump m anufacturing facility when he fell into an unguarded maintenance pit. The maint enance pit measured 80 inches by 80 inches and was 86 inches deep. The maintena nce pit had a retractable rope stanchion for a warning line that was located at the edge of the maintenance pit. As the employee was walking backwards, mopping the floor, he ran up against the warning line, lost his balance and fell into th e pit. The employee sustained a laceration to his head and 5 broken ribs, which he was hospitalized and received treatment. | |||||||
Keywords:
fall, fracture, head, laceration, pit, rib, struck against
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1214511.015 | 59 | M | Hospitalized injury | Machinists |