OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409832
TOP RANK CONSTRUCTION INC.
ORANGE CITY, FL·
Event description
Employee is crushed and killed by falling roof trusses
Investigation abstract
At 1:30 p.m. on November 8, 2021, an employee worked from the ground level to cut pieces of wood to then pass up to coworkers straightening and bracing seventy-foot long roof trusses. The trusses began to buckle and go out of plumb, then collapse and fall with a domino effect. The employee was struck and killed by crushing, blunt force injuries to the head and torso from the falling trusses.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 67 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 869
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