Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200831220 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Bridge Bearing Plates
Accident: 200831220 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 05/06/2008 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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307611384 | 05/06/2008 | 1622 | Skanska Koch Inc. | ||||
At 2:45 p.m. on May 6, 2008. Employee #1 and a coworker were replacing bridge bearing plates underneath the Triborough Bridge. Employee #1 was operating a rivet breaker when he fell 37 feet through a gap between an I-beam and a pier of the bridge. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he died at 5:45 p.m. | |||||||
Keywords:
beam, repair, pier, construction, fall, bridge
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Bridge | Alteration or rehabilitation | $20,000,000 and over | 37 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 307611384 | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:37 Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work FatCause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc |