OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14387591
TRUSS,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,LUMBER,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
BUILDING TRUSSES COLLAPSED; 3 EMPLOYEES INJURED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, LOCATED 18 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, WAS NAILING STA-LATH ONTO ROOF TRUSSES. 67 PIECES OF 4 BY 8 1/2 SHEATHING PLYWOOD WAS STACKED IN A PILE ON THE ROOF TRUSSES. THE STACK WEIGHED ABOUT 3,280 POUNDS. THE WEIGHT OF THE PLYWOOD ST ACK CAUSED THE TRUSSES TO COLLAPSE. EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE PLYWOOD FELL TO THE GROU ND. THE FALLING PLYWOOD PIECES STRUCK EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3. ALL THREE EMPLOYEES W ERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RELEASED AFTER OBSERVATION AND TREATM ENT.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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