OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414940
BRISTOL STEEL & IRON WORKS
KANSAS CITY, MO—
Event description
FALL FROM BRIDGE GIRDER
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING A SPLICE IN A BRIDGE GIRDER. HE WAS STANDING ON THE SI DE OF THE GIRDER USING A SPUD (PRY) BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL A PPROXIMATELY 55 FEET TO A BARGE, AND THEN INTO THE RIVER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 2
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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