Four Construction Workers Die after Cantilever Launching Gantry Collapses at Bridge Construction Site - Ohio

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE200405

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Four Construction Workers Die after Cantilever Launching Gantry Collapses at Bridge Construction Site - Ohio

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
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On February 16, 2004, three male ironworkers (aged 30, 42, and 44 years old) were killed, and three male ironworkers and two male operating engineers were seriously injured while working on a bridge construction project. On February 18, 2004, one of the seriously injured ironworkers died in a local trauma center. The incident occurred during the launching and subsequent catastrophic collapse of a launching gantry (LG) (a horizontal framework of steel trusses that span the distance between two elevated bridge piers, designed to lift pre-cast segments of roadway). The LG involved in this incident was positioned on an interstate bridge construction project. All four victims were performing various required tasks for launching (re-positioning) the LG when the collapse occurred. EMS and rescue units were dispatched and arrived within minutes of the collapse, at which time three of the fatally injured workers were pronounced dead on scene.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Construction-Search Control-technology Engineering-controls Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 5 Road-construction Surveillance Training Traumatic-injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Construction (0014) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Construction (0014) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200405
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Construction
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Ohio ; OSHA Region 5

Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

17 pages
Contributor:

Koedam, Robert E.;Merinar, Timothy R.;
NIOSHTIC Number:

20030274
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2006-112278
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

2006
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2004/02/16
Resource Number:

FACE-2004-05
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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