OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758540
DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,BRIDGE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
6 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS INJURED IN BRIDGE COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 15, 1988, SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE TAKING PART IN THE DEMOLITION OF A THREE ND #2 WERE HOSPITALIZED. THE OTHER FOUR WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. THE CRANE OPE RATOR WAS NOT INJURED. SPAN, TWO PIER, EARTH FILLED, REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE OVER THE WABASH R IVER. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE, THE OTHER SIX WERE WATCHING. THE CRANE WAS SET ON THE MIDDLE SPAN AND WAS BEING USED TO KNOCK OUT THE NORTH SPAN. WHEN THE NORTH SPAN WAS COMPLETELY GONE A SECTION OF THE NORTH PIER SUDDENLY ROTATED TO THE NORTH, PULLING THE BRIDGE DECK AND ARCH OF THE MIDDLE SPAN WITH IT. THE LOSS OF SUPPORT CAUSED THE COLLAPSE OF THE MIDDLE SPAN, AND SUSEQUENTLY, THE SOU TH SPAN. THE CRANE AND OPERATOR AND THE SIX WATCHING EMPLOYEES FELL ALONG WITH T HE BRIDGE. THE SIX WATCHING EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEES #1 A
Victims (6)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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