Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14256440 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM PIPEBRIDGE WALK

Accident Summary Nr: 14256440 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/09/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3051539	06/22/1987	1541	0	Southerland Associates, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING THE LAST SECTION (36 BY 50 INCHES) OF GRATING ON A PIPE BRIDGE WALKWAY. THEY WERE 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PICKED UP THE SECTION OF GRATING TO HAND TO THE OTHER WORKER, HIS SHOE APPARENTLY CAUGHT ON THE END OF AN EXISTING PIECE OF GRATING. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL THROUGH THE OPENING. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ON A SAFTY BELT BUT WAS NOT TIED OFF.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE DECK, FALL, LOST BALANCE, TIE-OFF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3051539			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Structural metal workers

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