OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221582802

EAGLE BRIDGE CO.

RIVERSIDE, OH— 2023-07-20T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bridge, Bridge Deck, Bucket, Construction, Head, Highway, Highway work zone, Installing, Laborer, Motor Vehicle, Struck By, Truck, Truck Driver
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346849326
Employer profile: EAGLE BRIDGE CO.
Summary number: 221582802
Report ID: 0522000
Project type: B
Construction end-use: J

Event description

Employee is killed from head trauma when lift is struck by t

Investigation abstract

At 3:45 a.m. on July 20, 2023, an employee working as a construction laborer for an engineering contractor was working on a crew placing bridge decking. The employee was assisting with the construction of false decking. He was working in the bucket of an aerial lift underneath an overpass spacing supports when a semi-truck entered the work zone. The truck struck the lift killing the employee. The employee died from blunt trauma to his head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

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