Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200260560 - Employee drowns after fall from walkway into river

Accident Summary Nr: 200260560 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 02/17/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116488180	02/19/1999	1629	0	J.A.Jones Construction Company

Abstract: Employees #1 and coworkers were positioning a templet for a cofferdam on the White River before it joined the Mississippi River. Employee #1 and a coworker were on a walkway attached to the templet when it tipped over and they fell into the water. The coworker was rescued, but Employee #1 slipped below the surface and drowned. Both workers were wearing PPE flotation devices.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, COFFER DAM, CONSTRUCTION, RIVER, CATWALK, FALL, DROWN, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116488180			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erection of coffer dams, caissons Fatality Cause: Other

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