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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255657

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,INATTENTION

Event
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14255657
Report ID
453710

Event description

Employee injured in fall through floor opening

Investigation abstract

In an effort to clean an area, Employee #1 was preparing to move grates to the o ther end of the building when he picked up a 4 ft by 4 ft piece of plywood that was secured in a 4 ft by 4 ft floor hole. Distracted by others, Employee #1 walk ed into the hole and fell 27 ft to a concrete floor. He was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    5
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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