OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221710411
T.L. WALLACE CONSTRUCTION, INC.
D LO, MS—
Event description
Employees are killed and injured when bridge span collapses
Investigation abstract
At 3:00 p.m. on October 16, 2024, eight employees were performing demolition not injured. work on a concrete beam bridge over the Strong River. Workers were removing concrete decking in cut sections using a backhoe with a jackhammer and a Caterpillar steel track excavator. Seven employees were working on the south span over the river, while the excavator traveled across the bridge to transport debris to the north side for stockpiling. Without warning, the south span of the bridge collapsed approximately 40 feet to the riverbed, sending the seven employees down with it. Three employees were fatally injured and four were hospitalized. The superintendent, operating the backhoe on the north end, was
Victims (8)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 1 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 1 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 843
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 1 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 843
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#4 Fatality Age 62 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
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#5 Hospitalized Age 1 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7004
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#6 Fatality Age 22 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
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#7 Fatality Age 62 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
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#8 Fatality Age 33 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
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