Accident: 126008879 - Suffers Multiple Fractures In Fall Through Catwalk

On June 17, 1999, Employee #1, a trained and experienced iron worker, was installing metal floor grating on an approximately 80 ft high catwalk underneath the Coronado Bridge in San Diego, CA. He took a lunch break and was moving along the catwalk when he fell 20 ft through an opening onto a work platform. He suffered four fractured ribs, a fractured right knee, and a fractured left scapula. Employee #1 was not using his safety harness and lanyard at the time of the accident.

bridge, construction, fall, fall protection, fracture, catwalk, lanyard, floor opening, safety belt, work rules

Accident: 896639 - Killed In Fall From Vertical Concrete Form

At approximately 10:15 a.m. on December 28, 1998, Employee #1 was removing bolts from a vertical concrete form inside a bridge pier. He fell approximately 43 ft to the base of the pier and was killed. Employee #1 was wearing a body harness with one lanyard and he also had a wall chain for a positioning device. At the time of the accident, he was not using his lanyard and the hook on the wall chain had a defective safety latch.

construction, bridge, tie-off, fall, fall protection, lanyard, safety latch, equipment failure, work rules

Accident: 897702 - Killed In Fall When Walkway Collapses

Employee #1, who had been working on a bridge deck, attempted to descend to a walkway 5 ft below. The walkway gave way, and Employee #1 fell approximately 18 ft onto the highway. He died of head injuries sustained in the fall.

construction, bridge deck, descending, walk platform, collapse, head, equipment failure, unsecured

Accident: 812735 - Killed When Railroad Walkway Collapses

At 10:50 a.m. on July 10, 1998, Employees #1 through #3, all under 18 years of age, were collecting railbed planks dismantled from an abandoned railroad line. They were working from a pedestrian walkway attached to a bridge. One coworker was driving a truck-type front loader, and Employee #1 and the other coworker were riding on the outside of the cab. When the walkway portion of the bridge collapsed, Employee #1 was asphyxiated under the load and 2 ft of water. The employer was cited for a labor standards violation because of the workers' ages.

collapse, front end loader, work rules, asphyxiated, crushed, railroad, construction, falling object, bridge

Accident: 170363071 - Injured In Fall From Bridge

Employee #1 was working on a bridge under construction when he stepped onto a 5 1/2 in. by 30 in. unsecured piece of metal decking and fell from the bridge. He sustained injuries, but was not hospitalized.

construction, bridge, fall, unsecured, decking, unsecured panel, fall protection, work rules

Accident: 201440096 - One Killed, One Injured When Struck By Beam

Employees #1 and #2 were working on a bridge demolition project when the steel framing suddenly failed and they were struck by a falling beam. #1 was killed and Employee #2 sustained serious injuries.

construction, collapse, beam, bridge, equipment failure, struck by, falling object, demolition

Accident: 201401155 - Injured In Fall Through Opening In Bridge

Employee #1 was cleaning bird droppings from a structural steel bridge when he fell through an unguarded opening in the platform. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

construction, bridge, cleaning, unguarded, fall, work rules, elevated work plat, unguarded fl opening, work surface