OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195325
FRACTURE,HEAD,CARPENTER,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL THRU FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING A 4 BY 8 FOOT SHEET OF PLYWOOD FROM THE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THE R OOF. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE (LOCATED ON THE ROOF) LOST HIS GRIP ON THE SHEET OF PLYW OOD. AS THE PLYWOOD FELL BACK TOWARDS EMPLOYEE #1 HE MOVED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND FELL THROUGH A FLOOR OPENING MEASURING 37 INCHES BY 9 FEET. HE FELL 17 FEET ONTO A DIRT FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS FOREHEAD AND A LACERATION REQUIRING 26 STITCHES. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS AN EXPERIENCED CA RPENTER WORKING AT RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR 10 YEARS AND HAD BEEN WITH HIS CURRENT EMPLOYER FOR ONE YEAR.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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