Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200831220 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Bridge Bearing Plates

Accident Summary Nr: 200831220 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 05/06/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307611384	05/06/2008	1622	237310	Skanska Koch Inc.

Abstract: 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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		37	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307611384			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 37 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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