Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14517437 - Employee injured in 120 ft fall from bridge scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14517437 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 10/24/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1207042	10/24/1984	1721	0	Dynamic Painting Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from a 12 in. wide pick board underneath the Mathews Bridge. He was to paint the inside of the core beam by working his body through an 18 in. by 12 in. access hole in the bottom of the beam. This required he remove his safety line. As Employee #1 was climbing through the hole his safety belt caught on one side of it. When he stepped back onto the pick board, it moved and he fell approximately 120 ft into the water. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: BOARD, LIFELINE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1207042			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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