Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170577647 - Employee drowns after fall from bridge girder

Accident Summary Nr: 170577647 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 08/10/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106098577	08/10/1995	1622	0	Mcinnis Corporation

Abstract: Two employees were shooting grades on a bridge being constructed over a river. Employee #1 walked out onto a horizontal steel bridge girder 80 feet above the water. He had no fall protection system and he was not wearing a life jacket. Employee #1 fell into the water and drowned.

Keywords: GIRDER, PPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106098577			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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