OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543342
THE NYLEVE COMPANY
SCRANTON, PA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from bridge deck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a P & H 35-ton capacity truck crane, serial #SO849500-5L, to remove bridge decking and to load it into dump trucks for removal. The crane began to tip over and Employee #1 managed to exit the cab but was then struck by the truck's wheels and catapulted over the parapet. He fell approximately 68 ft to the ground and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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