OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221678832

NCM OF COLLIER COUNTY

CAPE CORAL, FL· 2024-06-28T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Floor Opening, Ground, Hole, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Opening, Residential Construction, Unguarded, Unguarded Fl Opening, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347588915
Employer profile: NCM OF COLLIER COUNTY
Summary number: 221678832
Report ID: 0420600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies of multiple injuries in fall through floor hol

Investigation abstract

At 11:28 a.m. on June 28, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a commercial building contractor was scraping excess concrete ashes from a floor and making piles of ash. The employee was working from the 4th floor of a multifamily residential building when he fell through an uncovered hole in the floor. There was another hole located directly underneath located on the 3rd floor which led directly to the ground level. The employee died from blunt force trauma while being transported to the hospital.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 71 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
35

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