Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 606467 - Employee dies in fall from railroad bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 606467 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 12/15/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102726700	12/20/1989	1622	0	Bellamy Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 15, 1989, Employee #1 was walking across a stack of dunnage, which had been placed as a bridge between two piers of a railroad bridge that was being torn down. Employee #1 was attempting to step down onto the northernmost pier, facing west, when he fell to his left. He then fell from the pier, and landed face down in the gravel between the rails of track #1. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m. on December 19, 1989.

Keywords: PIER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, RAILROAD TRACK, BRIDGE, DUNNAGE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102726700			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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