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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762567

TRUSS,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
TRUSS,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
762567
Report ID
454712

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling truss component

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was helping unload steel components of a structural steel truss. A c hocker caught an angle iron alignment clip, lifting the 873 lb member approximat ely 6 ft high from one side. The chocker then slipped loose, dropping the steel member on Employee #1, who was crushed and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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