OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571232
CONCRETE SLAB,CONSTRUCTION,TORCH,LANYARD,FALL,CONCUSSION,SLING,CONCRETE,CRANE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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