Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200880979 - One Employee Is Killed, Another Is Injured by Shifting Bent

Accident Summary Nr: 200880979 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 02/24/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307689729	02/24/2005	1622	237310	Cianbro Corporation

Abstract: On February 24, 2005, Employees #1 and #2 were dismantling falsework that had been used to reconstruct a bridge over water. A section of the falsework had been lowered onto a barge, and that portion was being dismantled. As the third of four approximately 7000-pound bents was being dismantled, the bent separated from the two beams from which it was suspended. Employees #1 and #2 were the only two employees on the bent at the time. Employee #2 was thrown into the water and received only minor injuries. He was not hospitalized. Employee #1 appeared to be caught between a support chain and the face of a beam, receiving massive chest injuries. Then he was dropped into the water. Employee #1 died from his injuries.

Keywords: BEAM, CHEST, RIVER, FALL, STRUCK BY, BRIDGE, FALLING OBJECT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307689729			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	307689729			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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