Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 56509.015 - Two employees fall from bridge and are killed

Accident Summary Nr: 56509.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 01/08/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
953938.015	01/08/2014		237310	R.R. Dawson Bridge Company, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on January 8, 2014, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were preparing to wreck the overhang of a bridge. Both employees entered the basket of the Miller Wagon with their tools, including a crowbar. When the employees positioned the basket over the side of the bridge, the pin connecting the boom to the body of the Miller wagon sheared and the boom and basket fell to the ground below. Both employees fell 94 feet to the ground below and both suffered fatal injuries upon impact.

Keywords: Boom Truck, Bridge, Fall, Sheared

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	953938.015	53	M	Fatality		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:
2	953938.015	53	M	Fatality		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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