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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Construction Laborer Dies After Falling Through Temporary Bridge 'Catch' Platform, 75 Feet to Ground
A construction laborer fell 75 feet to the ground after falling through a temporary wooden platform during a bridge renovation project. The worker was not equipped with fall protection, and no fall protection was in place. The wooden platform, also referred to as a 'catch' platform, was intended to collect debris generated by work on the bridge deck. However, it was not uncommon for workers to use the platform as a walking or working surface. The victim fell through the temporary wooden platform immediately after he stepped down from a steel structural I-beam on the one of the wooden planks, which broke into two large pieces. The road and bridge construction company was working on a bridge located on a major New Jersey highway when the fatal event occurred. The company employed union laborers for this large-scale, multi-year construction project.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Construction Laborer Dies After Falling Through Temporary Bridge 'Catch' Platform, 75 Feet to Ground
A construction laborer fell 75 feet to the ground after falling through a temporary wooden platform during a bridge renovation project. The worker was not equipped with fall protection, and no fall protection was in place. The wooden platform, also referred to as a 'catch' platform, was intended to collect debris generated by work on the bridge deck. However, it was not uncommon for workers to use the platform as a walking or working surface. The victim fell through the temporary wooden platform immediately after he stepped down from a steel structural I-beam on the one of the wooden planks, which broke into two large pieces. The road and bridge construction company was working on a bridge located on a major New Jersey highway when the fatal event occurred. The company employed union laborers for this large-scale, multi-year construction project.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Construction Laborer Dies After Falling Through Temporary Bridge 'Catch' Platform, 75 Feet to Ground
2011
10 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Job Environment , Environmental Health & Safety , Construction laborer , Fatality , Accident analysis , New Jersey , Accidental fall , Bridge deck , Renovations , Platform , Fall protection , Accident prevention , Victim , Occupational safety and health , Fatal Assessment and Control Evaluation(FACE)