OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517437

BOARD,LIFELINE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRIDGE,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION

1984-10-24T00:00:00

Event: BOARD,LIFELINE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRIDGE,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14517437
Report ID: 419700

Event description

Employee injured in 120 ft fall from bridge scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working from a 12 in. wide pick board underneath the Mathews Bri dge. He was to paint the inside of the core beam by working his body through an 18 in. by 12 in. access hole in the bottom of the beam. This required he remove his safety line. As Employee #1 was climbing through the hole his safety belt ca ught on one side of it. When he stepped back onto the pick board, it moved and h e fell approximately 120 ft into the water. He was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
4

Event type
5

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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