OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237390
STARSTONE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
HOUSTON, TX—
Event description
Employee dies in fall through floor opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning an area on the ground floor of a reinforced concrete bu ilding that was under construction. He was picking up a 4 ft by 8 ft by 3/4 in. sheet of plywood that covered a 5 1/2 ft by 3 ft 8 in. floor opening. He lost hi s balance and fell 17 1/2 ft through the floor opening to the basement. Employee #1 was killed. It is believed that he was unaware that the floor opening was lo cated in the area.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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