OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779504
B KELLOGG CONSTRUCTORS, INC
RENO, NV·
Event description
Employee injured when structural steel framing collapses
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to align a webb truss into position on a structural s teel building that was under construction. The truss had to be forced into posit ion by an extendible fork loader. This forced movement either caused a horizonta l movement of the steel building or started a harmonic vibration that caused the building to collapse. The employee fell to the ground and his leg was pinned an d injured. He was hospitalized for this as well as multiple other injuries. The building had not been braced or guyed and wooden shims were used to support colu mns.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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