Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110195.015 - Employee fractures back and ribs in fall from bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 110195.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 10/11/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1354309.015	10/18/2018		238910	Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on October 11, 2018, an employee was walking across a bridge deck on top of concrete panels that were just placed on their foam strips. As the employee walked across the deck panels (measured at four foot wide by four and a half feet long), they shifted and fell out from under the employee. The employee and deck panels fell approximately sixteen feet where the employee landed on top of the deck panels. The employee fractured his back and ribs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Bridge Deck, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Panel, Rib

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1354309.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury

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