OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379192

HEAD,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,STEPLADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING

1988-04-19T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,STEPLADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14379192
Report ID: 524500

Event description

Employee hospitalized after falling through floor opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cutting down a piece of galvanized conduit for the casting cooli ng chain conveyor system while standing on a 6 ft stepladder. The ladder was nex t to a 6 ft by 3 ft floor hole. He apparently fell 11 ft through the floor hole and landed on his head on the cement floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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