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Accident: 200230209 - Employee Drowns After Bridge Collapses

**Accident: 200230209 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 06/04/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
300204542	06/10/1997	1794	J.F. Overman Construction, Inc.

Employee #1 was driving a 20 to 22 ton dump truck across a bridge that had an 8 ton load limit. He had crossed the bridge three times without incident, but on his fourth trip the bridge decking gave way on one side and the truck slid off the bridge into the river. Employee #1's was not found and he is presumed to have drowned.

Keywords: collapse, overloaded, construction, truck, dump truck, river, bridge deck, bridge, drown, truck driver

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	300204542			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Placing bridge deck FatCause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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