Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116516923	10/29/1996	1622	0	C.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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