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Accident: 977397 - Construction Worker Injured In Fall From Bridge

Accident: 977397 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 04/29/1988
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10556274803/30/19881622Mckinnon Bridge Company
AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM ON APRIL 29, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE STRETCHING BURLAP STRIPS (TO BE USED TO COVER FRESHLY POURED CONCRETE) BY HAND. THEY WERE WORKING NEAR THE EDGE OF A BRIDGE WHICH WAS ABOUT 35 FEET HIGH. THE WET BURLAP WAS SLIPPERY AND, WHILE HANDLING ONE OF THE STRIPS, EMPLOYEE #1 DROPPED THE STRIP AND SOMEHOW FELL OFF THE BRIDGE. HE LANDED IN ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF BOTH ARMS, RIBS AND INTERNAL DAMAGE WHICH RESULTED IN THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ONE KIDNEY.
Keywords: fracture, work rules, construction, rib, fall, arm, bridge, kidney, inattention
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 105562748 Hospitalized injury Fracture Carpenters

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