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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884429

STEEL,COLLAPSE,RAFTER,BACK,BRACE

Event
STEEL,COLLAPSE,RAFTER,BACK,BRACE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
884429
Report ID
953210

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY PIECE OF METAL

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was changing out braces on a set of steel rafters on the ground leve l. A rafter boy was sitting on a wooden structure approximately 6 feet above the ground. Other workers were standing on the ground using hand tools. The rafter boy collapsed and one of the perlings struck Employee #1 on the back.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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