OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686683
NORDIC CONSTRUCTORS INC
OREM, UT—
Event description
FELL THROUGH FLOOR OPENING TO CONCRETE SURFACE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MOVING MATERIAL FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE OF A BUILDIN G. WHILE TRYING TO PICK UP AN ALUMINUM BEAM, THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND F ELL 30 FEET TO A CONCRETE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN PEL VIS AND FRACTURES AROUND THE FACE AREA. THE RAILING EXTENDED RIGHT UP TO THE MAT ERIAL WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN WORK. HOWEVER, AFTER MOVING 30 BEAMS AN OPEN SIDED FLOOR OPENING WAS MADE. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL OVER THE EDGE OF THE OPENING THAT WAS M ADE BY MOVING THE BEAMS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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