OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543623
BRIDGE COLUMN,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,NET,HOUSEKEEPING,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee killed in fall from bridge pier
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned to make cuts in horizontal, 24 in. wide bridge beams un ier and was killed. It is possible that hot sparks or insects also contributed t o this accident. Employee #1 was not wearing a safety belt or lanyard, nor was a net furnished. There were no eyewitnesses. der metal decking with concrete fill. Using an oxy-acetylene torch, he was to bu rn approximately 6 in. down, approximately 14 ft across, and approximately 6 in. up again for each cut. Employee #1 was working from atop a concrete pier under the bridge decking and had limited crawl space and height. He had almost complet ed cutting on his first beam when he apparently tripped on material that had acc umulated from a small break at the edge of the concrete pier, or from some relat ed cause. He pulled on the hose and then lost his balance and footing due to sla ck in the crossbracing of the bridge support. Employee #1 fell from the bridge p
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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