OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968248
SIERRA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
LAUGHLIN, NV·
Event description
Employee injured in fall through floor hole
Investigation abstract
On July 13, 1998, Employee #1, a construction laborer, was cleaning debris on th e 18th floor of a 29-story hotel. Several 3 ft by 5 ft holes in the floor were c overed by 3/4 in. plywood; most were secured from movement. Employee #1 stepped on an unsecured cover, which flipped up, striking him in the face. He then fell approximately 8 ft through the hole to the 17th floor, sustaining lacerations, a brasions, and fractures to both arms.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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