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Did you know... that the Loddon Bridge disaster, which killed three people, led to changes in how falsework was managed on British construction sites?
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... that a motorway bridge collapsed during construction in Berkshire, England, in 1972, killing three people? Source: "inadequate checking of calculations caused an M4 bridge to collapse while under construction last October killing three men and seriously injuring seven" from:New Scientist. Reed Business Information. 19 April 1973. p. 156.
ALT1: ... that the Loddon Bridge disaster, which killed three people, led to changes in how falsework was managed on British construction sites? Source: "the collapse of a falsework structure for a bridge over the river Loddon, near Reading, UK, in 1972 with the loss of three lives led to the UK Government forming an advisory committee on falsework which in 1975 published the Bragg report. This report led to the suggestion that supervisors called Temporary Works Coordinators be appointed to preside over temporary structures projects. It was first codified into the UK code BS 5975 in 1982 and only referred to falsework. However, later revisions included all temporary structures." from: Summerhayes, Stuart D. (19 February 2010). Design Risk Management: Contribution to Health and Safety. John Wiley & Sons. p. 6. ISBN978-1-4443-1890-6.
@Dumelow: Good article. Though I would prefer if you added an infobox similar to Battersea Park funfair disaster that happened that same year. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)