OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224653
COLLAPSE,FALL,WALL,LEG,FRACTURE,TRUSS,INSTALLING,CONSTRUCTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM WALL
Investigation abstract
On May 30, 1985, at approximately 2:00 p.m., a five-man crew was setting roof tr he received 12 stitches in his forehead and was released to go home. Employee # 1 fell and fractured his leg when the wall he was sitting on collapsed. He was a lso taken to Mt. Vernon Hospital. usses on the second story of the Fort Hunt Animal Hospital, being constructed at 1900 Elkin St., Alexandria, VA. Approximately 60 trusses were in place. One of the partners of the company, working from a scaffold, was putting some additiona l bracing on the last truss set. Employee #1 was sitting on one of the masonry w alls that supported the truss being set. The truss being set fell and struck the one next to it, causing it to fall and strike the next truss. This continued al ong the trusses, in a domino effect. The company partner fell from the scaffold and injured his head. He was taken to Mt. Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, VA, where
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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