Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201763315 - Employee Falls from Bridge Girder and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201763315 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 02/22/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312831944	02/23/2009	1611	237310	Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc

Abstract: On February 22, 2008, Employee #1 and his supervisor rode to the top of the bridge girder in an aerial lift to connect the last diaphragm to a beam. Employee #1 climbed from the bucket and secured the diaphragm. He remained on the on the girder to provide the crane operator directions to disconnect the spreader bar. Employee #1 fell and was killed.

Keywords: GIRDER, FALL, BRIDGE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		28	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312831944			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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