Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200631729 - Employee killed in fall while installing bridge decking

Accident Summary Nr: 200631729 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 09/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309476869	09/11/2007	1791	238120	Armstrong Steel Erectors, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 noon on September 10, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing pan decking on a bridge. Employee #1 was waalking too close to the edge and stepped on the last decking pan, which had not yet been secured. It gave way and he fell approximately 50 ft, landing in a shallow creek. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died several hours later. Employee #1 and his coworker were wearing full-body harnesses, but Employee #1's harness was not connected to one of the tie-off lines spanning the length of the bridge girders. The decking pan he stepped on was also unsecured.

Keywords: INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE DECK, 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		$500,000 to $1,000,000	5	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309476869			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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