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Accident Summary Nr: 14489827 - EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALL THROUGH UNPROTECTED HOLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14489827 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 08/20/1984
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
178886808/20/198417990Bridge Services Division R J Anthony Co Inc

Abstract: Employees were installing metal decking (stay-in-place forms) on a bridge near a pier. The bundles of metal decking were placed ahead of the workers on the outside beam of the bridge. One employee was removing a sheet of metal decking about 2.5 meters long from a bundle. He backed up and fell through an unprotected hole that was 4 meters long by 2.4 meters wide. The employee fell 10.7 meters to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: DECKING, ERECTION PROCESS, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, BRIDGE

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1788868 Fatality Fracture Structural metal workers

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