OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692871
TRUSS,WALL,COLLAPSE,LUMBER,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY TRUSSES
Investigation abstract
Employees #1, #2, and #3 were installing fifty-foot wide scissor trusses on a ch urch addition at some distance above the ground. The trusses were constructed of a substandard grade of lumber and had been damaged during shipment. The trusses were not inspected by the employer prior to installation. After putting up abou t thirty trusses, the fifth truss installed broke, causing all of the trusses an d about fifty feet of the wall to fall on the men, who fell from where they were . Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized with fractures. Employee #3 was not hosp italized, but suffered cuts and bruises.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#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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