OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401640
CONCRETE FORM WORK,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,BRIDGE
Event description
One employee dies, five others injured in bridge failure
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #6 were working on the freshly poured concrete of a segment ed bridge over a river. A concrete formwork support system failed and the forms collapsed. The employees were dumped off. Three fell the full 45 ft distance to the ground and the other three clung to the steel and formwork. All six were hos pitalized. Employee #1, who fell the full distance, died on May 6, 1989.
Victims (5)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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