OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221600851
WA317974806 - WA ST TRANSPORTATION DEPT OF
SEATTLE, WA—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall off bridge
Investigation abstract
At 7:50 a.m. on June 30, 2023, an employee was employed by WSDOT as the bridge attendant on the SR99 bridge by himself and went off the bridge overnight. When his relief arrived the next morning, he was nowhere to be found and a search was initiated. The employee was found in the Duwamish Waterway approximately 0.5 miles downstream.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
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