OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505424
JOHN ROHRER CONTRACTING COMPANY
PARKVILLE, MO·
Event description
Employee killed in 90 ft fall from bridge
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and three coworkers were spreading a 3/4 in. concrete topping in fro nt of a paving machine on a bridge when Employee #1 said that he had to go to th e restroom. Time passed and he was seen leaning over a 3 ft high bridge railing some distance from his work station. A state inspector asked if he was feeling a ll right and Employee #1 indicated with a hand motion that he was fine. More tim e passed and he still had not returned to his work station. Employee #1 was late r found dead on the ground, 90 ft below the bridge. He had apparently become sic k and dizzy and had fallen off the bridge, breaking his neck. There were no witn esses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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