Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171056401 - Employee injured in fall when bridge deck fails

Accident Summary Nr: 171056401 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126787019	04/22/1998	1611	0	Wasatch Const Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker, both carpenters, were landing a bunk of 4 by 4 by 20 timbers on a bridge construction job when the members on which they were being placed twisted and failed. The weight of the timbers broke the false deck below them and both workers fell approximately 22 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CARPENTER, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE DECK, FALL, BRIDGE, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$20,000,000 and over		22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126787019			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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