OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762567
AL-TENN STEEL ERECTORS INC
NASHVILLE, TN·
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
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#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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