OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445506
CONCRETE FORM WORK,HEAD,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,LACERATION,BRIDGE,CONCRETE,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,FALL
Event description
Two employees injured when bridge forming collapses
Investigation abstract
SWM, a bridge contractor, hired Advance Shoring Company to design and supply bri e Shoring Company were involved in fall. dge shoring for a poured concrete bridge. Material shortages resulted in a revis ed design being submitted by Advance Shoring and in SWM supplying some of its ow n forming materials. SWM did a final inspection of the forms at 3 p.m. and the p our began at 6 a.m. the following day. By 8:30 a.m., approximately 150 cubic yar ds (300 tons) of Redimix had been conveyed onto the forms when they collapsed. E mployees #1 and #2, and 14 coworkers, fell between 12 and 20 ft, along with the Redimix and rebar. Employees #1 and #2 were taken by ambulance to a hospital, tr eated for head lacerations, and released. Employees from both SWM and the Advanc
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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