OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454119

SWIFT TRADESMAN, LLC

SAN DIEGO, CA· 2021-10-14T00:00:00

Event: Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Floor Opening, Fracture, Shoulder, Temporary Floor, Unguarded, Unguarded Fl Opening
NAICS: 561320
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345582449
Employer profile: SWIFT TRADESMAN, LLC
Summary number: 221454119
Report ID: 0950632
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee fractures scapula after falling through floor openi

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on October 14, 2021, an employee had been directed to replace a pre-existing 2 ft by 2 ft oriented strand board (OSB) floor-hole cover on the seventh floor of an building. The employee fell through the hole, breaking through a piece of drywall and possibly the piece of the OSB . The employee fell through uncovered floor holes in the floors below until he was able to stop his fall on the fourth floor. The employee sustained a fractured scapula and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
36

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