OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511604
RIO PROPERTIES
AUSTIN, TX·
Event description
WIND BLEW BUILDING FRAME OVER, INJURING EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE FRAMING A ONE STORY ROW BUILDING. THE WALLS HAD BEEN FRAMED, THE TRUSSES EMPLACED AND WORK BEGUN ON INSTALLING THE ROOF STRINGERS. THE WALL W HICH BLEW OVER HAD BEEN COVERED WITH SHEET ROCK AND BRACED WITH 15 GUAGE METAL S TUDS. THE BRACES WERE ATTACHED TO THE SLAB BY ONE 3/4 INCH BY 9/64 INCH RAMSET F ASTENER. A TOTAL OF TEN BRACES WERE FOUND IN THE COLLAPSED BUILDING. THE BRACES WERE SUPPORTING A 178 FOOT LONG SECTION OF WALL. WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH S TRUCK THE WALL. THE BRACE CONNECTIONS FAILED AND THE BUILDING COLLAPSED. EMPLOYE ES #1 AND #2 WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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