OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691881
BLAINE CONST CO
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee injured in fall through floor hole
Investigation abstract
On September 25, 1986, Employee #1 was told to cover machinery to protect it fro m the weather. While he was covering the machinery, Employee #1 noticed a piece of plywood on the floor. He took the nails out of it and picked it up, but then stepped into a hole and fell 18 ft to a concrete floor. Employee #1 was hospital ized. The plywood had been put over the hole in the floor to keep employees from walking into the hole. The plywood had been nailed down and a warning sign (Do Not Remove-Hole) was posted on it.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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