OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456693
IDEAL CONCRETE CORP
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—
Event description
FALL THROUGH FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKS AS A CUSTODIAN, WAS SWEEPING THE FLOOR. DEBRIS FROM THE F LOOR WAS SWEPT TO THE EDGE OF A 3 FOOT BY 4 FOOT FLOOR OPENING, THE TEMPORARY CO VER WAS REMOVED, AND THE WASTE PUSHED DOWN THE HOLE. ANOTHER WORKER, WHO WAS ON THE FLOOR ABOVE, YELLED DOWN AND ASKED EMPLOYEE #1 TO PASS HIM THE WATER HOSE. I N THE PROCESS OF PASSING UP THE HOSE, EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER LOST HIS BALANCE OR TEM PORARILY FORGOT ABOUT THE OPENING IN THE FLOOR. HE FELL 16 FEET 4 INCHES TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, RECEIVING MULTIPLE FRACTURES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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