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Federal officials charged Miller & Long $13,000 for violations of worker safety codes. [12] Fairfax County barred resumption of construction at the site for 16 months following the accident. Permission to resume construction was later granted. Work resumed in July 1974 and was completed in 1977.
Its partially erect frame completely collapsed on April 23, 1987, killing 28 construction workers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Failure was possibly due to high concrete stresses on the floor slabs by the placement process resulting in cracking, ending in a type of punch-through failure.
Eleven workers were killed and 27 injured. [2] The building, being constructed by the Univel Corporation of Cocoa Beach, collapsed as workers were completing its framework by pouring concrete for the roof. [3] The accident led to more rigorous enforcement of engineering and construction codes in Florida and elsewhere.
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1971 Certej dam failure: Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania: Dam: 89 dead, 76 injured 1972: Buffalo Creek Flood: West Virginia, US: Dam: 125 dead, 1,121 injured 1972: Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower: Königs Wusterhausen, Germany: Lattice tower: 1973 Skyline Towers collapse: Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, US Building under ...
The construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates among professions with an estimated 6,000 construction workers dying as a result of suicide in 2022.
Structural failure during dismantling Two workers were killed, and one worker was seriously injured. [20] CBC Tower, Shawinigan, QC, Canada April 27, 2001: Guyed steel lattice mast 331.5 (307.1 + 24.4 (structure + antenna)) Controlled implosion after aircraft crash caused serious damage five days earlier
The duty to warn arises in product liability cases, as manufacturers can be held liable for injuries caused by their products if the product causes an injury to a consumer and the manufacturer fails to supply adequate warnings about the risks of using the product (such as side effects from pharmacy prescriptions) or if they fail to supply ...