Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201350022 - Employee killed in fall from bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 201350022 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 04/24/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110136702	04/25/1996	1622	0	Pcl Civil Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were instructed by their foreman to place the remaining deck pans in bays located between the girders of a bridge under construction. The foreman also said that if they filled a bay, they were to remove the horizontal lifeline used for fall protection with that bay. Employee #1 and his coworker began filling two bays but ran out of pans before either one was completely full. They then dismantled both bays' lifelines, and Employee #1 began coiling one of the lines to store it. He did this while standing near an opening left in one of the bays. As he was working, Employee #1 stepped backward and he fell 30 ft through the opening. He was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, LIFELINE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE DECK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, WALKING BACKWARD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110136702			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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