Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103666.015 - Two employees are struck when steel bridge columns collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 103666.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/18/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1278609.015	11/18/2017		237990	Tutor Perini/Zachry/Parsons, Joint Venture

Abstract: At 2:27 p.m. on November 18, 2017, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a construction company, were working on a bridge construction project. They had removed the bottom guy wires from an 80-foot reinforced steel column in preparation for installing cement forms. The column collapsed and caused the collapse of an opposite column. Employees #1 and #2 were struck and injured. Emergency services were called, and the two employees were transported to the hospital and admitted. Employee #1 was treated for a vertebral compression fracture. Employee #2 was treated for a head injury, a concussion with brief loss of consciousness, and back and neck pain.

Keywords: Bridge, Concussion, Construction, Fracture, Head, Neck, Steel Column, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition			0	80

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1278609.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause:
2	1278609.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause:

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