Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134838.015 - Employee is killed when bridge collapses during demolition

Accident Summary Nr: 134838.015 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 04/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1525535.015	04/15/2021		237310	Pcl Civil Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on April 14, 2021, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a road and bridge construction company, were working on the demolition of a three-span continuous steel plate girder channel span superstructure. The employees had been cutting girders since 2:15 p.m. Employee #1 remained on top of span 145 to rig up acetylene torches. Span 145 collapsed, and Employee #1 fell. Employee #1, who sustained traumatic head and facial injuries, leg fractures, and other injuries, was killed.

Keywords: Acetylene Torch, Blunt force trauma, Bridge, Construction, Cutting, Demolition, Dismantling, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Girder, Head, Leg, Rigging, Struck By, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Demolition				50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1525535.015	42	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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