OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336192
RA-LIN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
MARIETTA, GA·
Event description
Two employees fall when struck by falling roof trusses
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were installing wooden roof trusses. About 24 trusses had be en installed and temporarily braced with 1 by 4s and some 2 by 4s. All bracing w as lateral. As the next truss was being lifted into place by a crane, a gust of wind caught the truss. The out-of-control truss struck the other trusses, causin g them all to fall. Employees #1 and #2 were struck by the falling trusses and f ell. Employee #2 rode the trusses to the ground. Neither Employee #1 nor Employe e #2 required hospitalization. The trusses were not braced in accordance with BT W-76 of the Truss Plate Institute.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 3
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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