A girder being installed for an overpass under construction at Grand Avenue (US 60) and Bell Road in Surprise fell Thursday just after 10 a.m. while being placed above the railroad line running parallel to Grand Avenue. Two employees of the contractor working on this project were injured.
ADOT is coordinating with the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health on reviewing the scene of the incident.
After installing 24 girders on a span east of the railroad line, the contractor on Thursday morning was adding 150-foot girders to a span crossing the railroad line. Two cranes were used to lift the girders into place, aided by personnel atop the piers.
The girder that fell was the sixth that had been installed Thursday morning.