Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 177467.015 - Employee is fatally injured in fall into open elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 177467.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/07/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1804034.015	02/11/2025		238140	Elite Industrial Floors Llc

Abstract: At 11:17 a.m. on February 7, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a concrete and terrazzo finisher. The employee was given a break, when he leaned on the mid guardrail of an elevator shaft opening and fell into the shaft. The employee sustained fatal injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Break, Commercial Building, Concrete Finisher, Construction, Elevator Shaft, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flooring , Ground, Guardrail, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Open Shaft, Shaft, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1804034.015	19	M	Fatality		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause:

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