OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571232
THE GREAT LAKES CONSTRUCTION CO.
ELYRIA, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES FROM FALL FROM BRIDGE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and Employee #2 were cutting out sections of a bridge surface made o f concrete slabs approximately 5 ft wide by 16 ft long. Employee #1 working on a slab that was rigged to a crane with a 4-legged sling just completed cutting th e last transverse structural tie free on his side. Employee #1 then unhooked his safety lanyard to bend over the side and pick up his torch. Part of Employee #1 's weight was on a weak spot in the center of the slab which broke in half causi ng him to fall through the center of the slab 80 ft to the ground. Employee #1 d ied of a concussion.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- WORKING SURFACE (42)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.