OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14487888
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING
Event description
Employee killed after fall through floor opening
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:35 p.m. on May 16, 1989, Employee #1 was walking across the first floor of an eight story building in the middle stages of construction, try ing to find a path for bringing supplies to the work location. He stepped on the cover of a 2 ft 4 in. by 5 ft 4 in. floor opening and fell 12 ft to the basemen t floor. Employee #1 was given first aid and transported to a hospital, where he later died. The cover to the floor opening may not have been secured in place.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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