Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170748487 - Employee killed in fall from bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 170748487 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 10/08/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116237686	10/09/1996	1791	0	Armstrong Steel Erectors

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were removing stringers from a bridge deck by lifting them through the top opening of the bridge. Employee #1 was on top of the bridge lateral bracing and a coworker was on the bridge deck's steel. A stringer was being pulled out through the top and was moving toward the crane when a third coworker noticed Employee #1 struggling with the tag line. Employee #1 fell 80 ft and was killed. He was not tied off, nor was anything provided atop the bridge onto which he could have been tied off.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE DECK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, TAG LINE, TIE-OFF, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116237686			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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