OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195044
GEM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
SHADYSIDE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED BY FALL FROM GARAGE WALL
Investigation abstract
On June 27, 1988, four employees of Gem Construction Company set the first pre-m anufactured roof truss on top of the garage walls. Employee #1 was standing on t he top of the front wall of the garage while he and two coworkers raised the tru ss to attach it to the framework of the second story of the house. The truss sla pped against the second story and bounced back uncontrollably. Employee #1 tried to get out of the way, lost his balance, and fell 9 feet 6 inches to the dirt s urface. He was released from Anne Arundel General Hospital after receiving 13 su tures to the cut on his head.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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