OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467609

BIRDSEYE MOUNTAIN BUILDERS

KILLINGTON, VT· 1985-10-25T00:00:00

Event: SHOULDER, BEAM, TRUSS, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, LOADER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #3287661
Employer profile: BIRDSEYE MOUNTAIN BUILDERS
Summary number: 14467609
Report ID: 155010

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling truss beam

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a carpenter's helper, was cutting and installing roof trusses on th e second level of a building. A John Deere 690B bucket loader was working below him, by the northwest corner of the building. The cylinder for the boom struck t he northwest corner truss panel, knocking the top of it awry. The truss dropped 7 feet, striking Employee #1 on the right shoulder.

Victims (2)

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
569

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#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

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