OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489827

BRIDGE SERVICES DIVISION R J ANTHONY CO INC

MATTYDALE, NY— 1984-08-20T00:00:00

Event: DECKING, ERECTION PROCESS, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, BRIDGE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1788868
Employer profile: BRIDGE SERVICES DIVISION R J ANTHONY CO INC
Summary number: 14489827
Report ID: 215800

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALL THROUGH UNPROTECTED HOLE

Investigation abstract

Employees were installing metal decking (stay-in-place forms) on a bridge near a pier. The bundles of metal decking were placed ahead of the workers on the outs ide beam of the bridge. One employee was removing a sheet of metal decking about 2.5 meters long from a bundle. He backed up and fell through an unprotected hol e that was 4 meters long by 2.4 meters wide. The employee fell 10.7 meters to th e ground and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
597

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
13

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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