Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14445506 - Two employees injured when bridge forming collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14445506 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 09/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104531850	09/22/1987	1622	0	Swm, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104531868	09/22/1987	1799	0	Advance Shoring Co.

Abstract: SWM, a bridge contractor, hired Advance Shoring Company to design and supply bridge shoring for a poured concrete bridge. Material shortages resulted in a revised design being submitted by Advance Shoring and in SWM supplying some of its own forming materials. SWM did a final inspection of the forms at 3 p.m. and the pour began at 6 a.m. the following day. By 8:30 a.m., approximately 150 cubic yards (300 tons) of Redimix had been conveyed onto the forms when they collapsed. Employees #1 and #2, and 14 coworkers, fell between 12 and 20 ft, along with the Redimix and rebar. Employees #1 and #2 were taken by ambulance to a hospital, treated for head lacerations, and released. Employees from both SWM and the Advance Shoring Company were involved in fall.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, HEAD, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LACERATION, BRIDGE, CONCRETE, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104531850	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
2	104531850	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
3	104531868			Occupation Not Listed

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