Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200031896 - Employee Falls Fifty Feet From Platform And Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200031896 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305999179	08/01/2003	1611	237310	A&L, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was walking on a plywood walkway that was supported by planking between the bottom flanges of the I-beams of a bridge deck. One of the 4-ft-by-8-ft sheets of plywood slipped off the supports as Employee #1 stepped on it. The plywood and Employee #1 fell 50 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305999179			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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