Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96066.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and later dies from injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 96066.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 05/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1236810.015	05/15/2017		238120	Tutor Perini Corporation

Abstract: On May 15, 2017, an employee was working on the suspended scaffold platform suspended 12 ft below the upper roadway of a bridge. The employee was trying to climb from the suspended scaffold platform to the upper roadway of the bridge. The employee fell to the bridge structure next to the lower roadway, resulting in leg and arm fracture and internal injuries. On May 27, 2017, the employee died in the hospital.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Arm, Bridge Deck, Fall, Fracture, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		14	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1236810.015	58	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause:

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