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:: Monday, August 09, 2004 ::
Winch may be to blame in bridge worker's death By Sean Holsteg, Oakland Tribune
State worker safety inspectors are focusing on a winch as a leading theory about what might have killed an ironworker on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge last week.
Miguel Rodriguez Jr. was killed Friday from a massive blow to his head after he fell from a work platform 30 feet over the water. The accident happened when the 36-year-old Concord man was hoisting a chunk of steel using a 5,000-pound pneumatic winch manufactured by Ingersoll-Rand.