OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486724
CENTURY MAXIM CONSTRUCTION CORP.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:10 AM ON DECEMBER 22, 1987, FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARRIVED AT THE FOURTH FLOOR LEVEL TO PREPARE FOR A CONCRETE POUR. THREE EMPLOYEES WENT TO THE POUR AREA ON THE EAST SIDE WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE WEST SIDE TO LOO K FOR PLYWOOD TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE CONCRETE PUMPING HOSE. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPP ED INTO A FLOOR OPENING AND FELL 40 FEET TO THE LOBBY AREA. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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