OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170065247
HEAD,COVER,SHOULDER,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION
Event description
Employee injured in fall through floor hole
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was clearing a path for a cart loaded with sprinkler pipes, and move d a piece of plywood that he apparently thought was scrap. The plywood was actua lly an unmarked floor hole cover held in place by 16-penny nails driven through the plywood around the concrete inside the perimeter of the opening. Employee #1 fell through the opening, struck his head on the 13th floor, then landed on the 12th floor. He sustained serious head and shoulder injuries. The unmarked cover was surrounded by debris and easily moved by picking it up.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- 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
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#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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