OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675967
FRACTURE,TRUSS,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,PELVIS,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION
Event description
EIGHT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS INJURED WHEN TRUSSES COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
EIGHT CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING ROOF TRUSSES AT A WORKSITE NEAR 1270 S USS WAS THEN SET AND RELEASED FROM THE CRANE. BEFORE THIS TRUSS COULD BE NAILED IN, IT TIPPED OUT, PULLING THE OTHER TRUSSES WITH IT. SEVEN WORKERS FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A BROKEN PELVIS. THE OTHERS, INCLUDING EMPL OYEE #8, SUFFERED INJURIES VARYING FROM STRAINS AND SPRAINS TO BRUISES. .E. MONMOUTH, CUT-OFF ROAD, DALLAS, OREGON. THE TRUSSES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80 FE ET LONG AND 6 FEET DEEP. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS WORKING FROM THE BEAM, ABOUT 19 1/2 FEE T HIGH, AT THE WEST END OF THE TRUSSES. EMPLOYEE #7 WAS WORKING FROM THE WALL, A BOUT 14 FEET HIGH, ON THE EAST END OF THE TRUSSES. EMPLOYEE #8 WAS ON THE GROUND , SIGNALING THE GROVE CRANE, LICENSE #T381290, AND HANDING MATERIAL TO THE OTHER S. THE REMAINING EMPLOYEES WERE IN LOCATIONS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE TRUSSES, SO ME ON THE TOP CORDS AND SOME ON THE BOTTOM CORDS. THEY WERE AT HEIGHTS VARYING F ROM 14 TO 20 FEET. THE FIRST FIVE TRUSSES WERE SET WITH NO PROBLEM. THE SIXTH TR
Victims (8)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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