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Accident Summary Nr: 170748503 - Employee killed in fall from bridge scaffold platform

Accident Summary Nr: 170748503 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 10/29/1996
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
11651692310/29/199616220C.J. Mahan Construction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from a scaffold during the post tensioning of a thread bar on a bridge. The bar disengaged from its coupler and the jack/ram end, along with the opposite end, flew out of the bridge structure. The jack had been held in place by a sling attached to a crane hook. It traveled backward and knocked the guardrails and Employee #1 off the platform. He fell approximately 100 ft and was killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRIDGE, FLYING OBJECT, SLING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
  New project or new addition $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 116516923 Fatality Other Occupation not reported

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