OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601294
MARTIN PAVING COMPANY
MELBOURNE, FL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from concrete bridge construction
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been working atop the center area of a bridge and had cut some l umber for the forms that were being installed. He walked across unguarded wooden platforms and delivered the wood pieces to the form assembly area, and was retu rning to the saw area when he apparently either caught his pant cuff, or tripped , on rebar. He fell first to the concrete just above the water level below the b ridge and then into the water. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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