Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 896639 - Employee killed in fall from vertical concrete form

Accident Summary Nr: 896639 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 12/28/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301804605	12/28/1998	1622	0	Pcl Civil Constructors Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on December 28, 1998, Employee #1 was removing bolts from a vertical concrete form inside a bridge pier. He fell approximately 43 ft to the base of the pier and was killed. Employee #1 was wearing a body harness with one lanyard and he also had a wall chain for a positioning device. At the time of the accident, he was not using his lanyard and the hook on the wall chain had a defective safety latch.

Keywords: SAFETY LATCH, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301804605			Fatality	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 43 feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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