Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201955127 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Bridge Overpass Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201955127 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 06/25/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311165252	06/25/2007	1795	238910	Ahern & Associates, Inc.

Abstract: On June 25, 2007, Employee #1 was cutting away a steel drain pipe, as part of demolition activities on a bridge overpass. He had used an aerial lift to access the work area. Employee #1 was either traversing a steel beam or getting on or off it from the aerial lift, when he fell approximately 22 feet onto concrete rubble. He sustained fractures to the back of the head, his left and right ribs, his right collarbone and arm, his left leg, and his lower spine. Employee #1 was transported to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was hospitalized and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Keywords: FRACTURE, DEMOLITION, COLLARBONE, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, RIB, FALL, WALKING ON BEAM, BRIDGE, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311165252			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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