OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401640
TRAYLOR BROS., INC.
DALLAS, TX·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- BACK (3)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 36 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 37 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- LOWER LEG (18)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 38 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- FALL(SAME LEVEL) (4)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 39 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- FALL(SAME LEVEL) (4)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.