OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #947242
HEAD,COVER,UNSECURED PANEL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING
Event description
Employee killed after falling through covered floor opening
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on February 6, 1990, Employee #1 was using a 16-foot metal 2-inch by 4-inch straightedge to smooth the concrete that was being poure d. Employee #1 was working the straightedge around a steel column and stepped on a floor opening cover that was made out of particleboard lying over a 48-inch b y 91-inch floor opening. Employee #1 stepped on the cover and both the cover and Employee #1 fell through the opening. Employee #1 struck his head on a floor jo ist on the next level and continued falling to the ground level, suffering fatal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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