Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170123384 - Employee killed in 75 ft fall into river

Accident Summary Nr: 170123384 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 09/09/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120573654	09/18/1996	1721	0	R N Ferguson Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was in the basket of an Inspector 50 truck, painting a gas pipeline that ran under a bridge. He got out of the basket onto the top of the bridge to clean up. As he stepped back into the basket, he slipped and fell approximately 75 ft into the river. He was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, RIVER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, PAINTER, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	10	150	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120573654			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 75 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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