OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484679
FRACTURE,TRUSS,COLLAPSE,FALL,ARM,CONTUSION,LEG
Event description
ROOF TRUSS COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON SOME ROOF TRUSSES WHEN THE TRUSSES BEGAN TO COLLAPSE. HE DROP PED DOWN TO THE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL (12 FEET BELOW), LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FR OM THE OPEN-SIDED SECOND FLOOR LEVEL 14 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE SHATTERED ONE LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL OF THE BUILDING WHEN THE ROOF TRUSSES BEGAN COLLAPSING. AS HE WAS RUNNING OUT FROM UNDER THE TR USSES HE FELL (SAME LEVEL) AND FRACTURED HIS ARM. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS ALSO ON THE SE COND FLOOR LEVEL OF THE BUILDING WHEN THE TRUSSES COLLAPSED. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUSSES. HE SUSTAINED A BRUISED HAND.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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