Three workers die near Hosur when wooden shoring gives way during a concrete pour

Seventeen workers were casting the arched main entrance of a new plant in Bedarapalli, in SIPCOT Phase I, Krishnagiri district collector C. Dinesh Kumar told reporters. The wooden centring under the wet concrete gave way and buried several of them, The Hans India reported, and rescuers used cranes to recover the bodies. The dead were 39, 26 and 26 years old, and four injured workers were taken to hospital, DT Next reported.

Reports differ on the plant. The Hans India named the site as Balaji Gears, DT Next and ETV Bharat described an auto parts factory, and the Press Trust of India called it a footwear unit and put the injured at about ten. A preliminary inspection found too few supporting posts and no proper arrangement to carry the weight of the concrete, The Hans India reported.

The collector told Hosur's senior police officer, a deputy superintendent, to act against whoever was responsible, including the engineer who designed the arch, according to The Hans India and ETV Bharat. SIPCOT police have registered a case. No one has been publicly charged, and the collector said the rubble will be cleared and examined. The family of each worker killed will receive Rs 8 lakh (800,000 rupees) from the Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Welfare Board, PTI reported.

In the United States, OSHA's rule for cast-in-place concrete, 29 CFR 1926.703, requires formwork that can carry every load it can reasonably be expected to take, formwork and shoring drawings kept on site, and inspection of erected shoring immediately before, during and after the pour.