Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200030773 - One killed, one injured when lift overturns into river

Accident Summary Nr: 200030773 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 09/24/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303115240	09/24/1999	1611	0	Baker Heavy & Highway, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were using an aerial lift situated a barge to strip forms from underneath a bridge over the Chicago River. The lift rolled off the barge and into the river, plunging both workers into the water. Employee #1 drowned and Employee #2 sustained serious injuries.

Keywords: BARGE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIVER, FALL, DROWN, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303115240			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)
2	303115240			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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