OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201826
CAROB CONTRACTORS INC.
ABINGDON, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER FELL THROUGH FLOOR HOLE
Investigation abstract
At 3:20 p.m. on March 7, 1988, Employee #1 was on a 49-ft by 8-ft flat roof, gat hering plywood to construct a ramp to transport concrete carts. Employee #1 walk ed to the east side of the roof where there was a 3-ft by 6-ft-2-in. hole covere d by two unsecured pieces of 8-ft-1-in. by 4-ft plywood. Employee #1 picked up t he plywood then fell through the hole 14 ft to the ground, receiving bruises, cu ts, scrapes, and a minor sprain. Employee #1 was hospitalized, held for observat ion, and released.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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