Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127707.015 - Employee falls from bridge scaffold into river and incurs mu

Accident Summary Nr: 127707.015 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 01/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1483077.015	01/22/2020	1611	237310	317726785 - Legacy Contracting Inc

Abstract: At 12:48 p.m. on January 22, 2020, Employee #1 was working on a bridge rehabilitation project. He was walking on the deck of a suspended scaffold system that was in the process of being dismantled. The employee unclipped his lanyard to get around a bridge support. The scaffold deck dropped out from under him, causing him to fall 35 to 40 feet into a river. A rescue team retrieved the employee from the river, and emergency medical services transported him to the hospital. The employee was admitted for treatment of multiple injuries, including a ruptured spleen, internal bleeding, and bodily contusions.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Bridge, Construction, Contusion, Dismantling, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Internal Bleeding, Lanyard, Rehabilitation, River, Rupture, Scaffold, Spleen, Struck Against, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1483077.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 35 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause:

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