Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361870 - Employee Is Kiled in Fall from Scaffold Under Highway Bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 201361870 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304315328	09/03/2002	1622	0	L & A Contracting Company, Inc.

Abstract: On September 3, 2002, Employee #1 was part of a crew that was dismantling the forms underneath a newly-constructed 2.6 mile long highway bridge on Interstate 10 in Mississippi. They were using a JLG aerial lift to reach aluminum scaffolding underneath the bridge. Employee #1 and his coworkers got off the lift and were on the scaffold when Employee #1 fell 25 ft to the ground. He was killed. The crew members normally had on lanyards that they hooked to an anchor point on the lift, then hooked up to a lifeline before they moved from the lift to the scaffold. For some reason, Employee #1 did not attach his lanyard to the lifeline after he got off the man lift.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, DISMANTLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, TIE-OFF, AERIAL LIFT, SCAFFOLD

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		25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304315328			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Dredging Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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