OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #763151
DECKING,TORCH,LACERATION,BRIDGE
Event description
Construction workers fall to his death
Investigation abstract
On or about December 8, 1989, Employee #1 was working on bridge removing concret e decking Employee #1 stepped onto concrete slab to cut rebar with a torch. Afte r cutting the rebar the slab moved causing Employee #1 to loose his balance and fall approximately 50 feet to the ground to his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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