OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221609969

STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC

MASSENA, NY— 2023-10-20T00:00:00

Event: Back, Basket, Bridge, Broken Bone, Chest, Crushed, Fracture, Inspecting, Inspection, Internal Bleeding, Internal Injuries, Lack of Work Procedures, Manager, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Rail, Rib, Severed, Training, Unstable Position, Vertebra, Work Surface
NAICS: 541330
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347052839
Employer profile: STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC
Summary number: 221609969
Report ID: 0215800

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed between bridge and railing

Investigation abstract

At 4:08 p.m. on October 20, 2023, an employee working as a Project Manager for ribs, and sustained severe internal bleeding, killing him. an engineering services firm was inspecting the Seaway International Bridge. The employee was accompanied by a team of three coworkers (all bridge inspectors) working together to complete the inspection for the client responsible for operating and maintaining the bridge. The crew was riding in the traveler system under the center span of the bridge and was accompanied by a coworker who worked for the client. The employee was not positioned under the railing of the traveler basket and was crushed between the railing of the traveler and the underside of the bridge. The employee severed his T12 vertebrae, broke multiple

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
35

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