Incident date: 2024-08-28
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was cleaning broken-up concrete off a bridge deck. He stepped out on a wood deck that was supported by bridge hangers. The bridge hangers at this area of the deck failed and the deck fell. The employee fell 26 feet to the ground below the bridge. The employee sustained fractures to their C7, T5,and T6 vertebrae, and their right hip was dislocated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate