OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #741850
TRUSS,INSTALLING,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SPRAIN,CONTUSION
Event description
Employees injured when trusses collapse
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were approximately 20 ft above the ground installing roof tr usses. The trusses started to fall and the employees fell with them onto the sec ond floor of units 29 and 30. They sustained bruises and sprains.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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