Bridge Failure Database
Xiaojianshan Bridge (highway linking the provincial capital of Guiyang and Kaiyang), Guizhou Province
| Year | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | China (6) |
| Cause | Human error |
| Details | Installation of the prop stands of the collapsed section failed to meet criteria.The wall of some steel pipes of the prop stands were not thick enough. Employment of untrained migrant workers. |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Injuries | 16 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | Asia |
| Reference | http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/userobject1ai1795554.html |
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