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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709139

COVER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING

Event
COVER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
709139
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall through floor opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was helping unload a trailer that was parked on the eastern side of a building. He was going to lower the material from the first floor level to the basement through an 8 ft long by 44 in. wide hole in the floor that was covered with a piece of plywood. When Employee #1 tried to lift the plywood, he fell 14 ft through the hole to the concrete floor in the basement. He was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    57
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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