Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14431613 - Employee killed, another injured by falling bridge section

Accident Summary Nr: 14431613 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 09/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101442358	09/21/1988	1623	0	Das-Co. Of Idaho, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were riding on a railroad flatcar that was transporting a John Deere 595 excavator. The flatcar was backing up to another work site to pick up personnel. As it passed under a bridge, the excavator's boom hit the bridge and pushed a section of the bridge from its foundation. The section fell onto the flatcar and crushed Employee #1 to death, and seriously injured Employee #2.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, BOOM, FLATBED RAIL CAR, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, BRIDGE, FALLING OBJECT, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101442358			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	101442358			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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