Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554471

AM COHRON & SON INC

Event
GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#2479087
Employer profile
AM COHRON & SON INC
Summary number
14554471
Report ID
728900

Event description

Employee killed in 40 ft fall from bridge

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working at a bridge construction site. He was walking backward w hile laying down a sheet of 4 ft by 8 ft plywood when he backed over the edge of the bridge and fell 40 ft to the ground. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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