Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 56112.015 - Employee falls from height and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 56112.015 -- Report ID: 1032300 -- Event Date: 12/23/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
953191.015	12/24/2013		221310	Bureau Of Reclamation Pacific Northwest Region

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on December 23, 2013, an employee was inspecting a concrete pour of a dam. The work was being performed under the walkway above the dam's flood gate. To get a better view of the work, the employee bypassed a hand rail that was in place and side stepped to a sloped area. He slipped on the slope and fell approximately 30 feet to the base of the flood gate inlet and was killed.

Keywords: Dam, Fall, Guardrail, Handrail, Slip, Slope

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	953191.015	62	M	Fatality		Civil engineers

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