OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14504328
BUILDING,DECKING PANEL,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,ERECTION PROCESS,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION,NET
Event description
FALL THROUGH FLOOR HOLE IN DECKING PANEL FLOOR
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL 38FT. WHEN HE STEPPED OVER A 39IN. WIDE X 30FT. HOLE IN THE PRV IOUSLY DECKED 2ND. FLOOR (EXCEPT FOR THIS HOLE) AND MISSED OR LOST HIS FOOTING W HEN HE WAS ROLLING UP A SAFETY NET. EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING UP SAFETY NET ON THE SE COND FLOOR OF QUANDRANT C OF THE RETAIL SECTION. THIS SECTION HAD BEEN DECKED EX CEPT FOR A SECTION 39 INCH WIDE 30 FT LONG. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER THIS OPEN SECTION WHEN HE EITHER SLIPPED OR LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 38 FT TO THE GR OUND LEVEL. HE SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD TRUMA THAT LED TO HIS DEATH.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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