MWH Constructors

Employees were removing fasteners from an aluminum side sheet of a railcar coal gondola. The side of the rail car collapsed onto the employees' lower extremities, resulting in fractured legs and pelvis and a head injury. Two employees were hospitalized.

An employee was walking by a masonry block wall at the side of a garage. A gust of wind caused part of the wall to collapse onto three employees, one of whom suffered a broken right ankle and a head injury that required staples. That employee was hospitalized.

An employee was tasked with cutting a bale that had a combination of plastic and cardboard. He was using a pair of shears to cut the wire banding when the bale collapsed onto his left leg, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning her workstation and organizing her files when a section of the acoustical ceiling (tiles and grid), adjacent light fixtures, and portions of the plaster ceiling above suddenly collapsed due to a prolonged, concealed steam leak that weakened the fastener connections. She sustained a cut to her head, bruise to her head, scratches on her neck, a scratch to her left hand, and irritation to her right hand, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was preparing a bundle of rebar for transport when a banding wire broke and pinned the employee's arm between the bundle and a stack of rebar, causing a right arm fracture that required surgery.