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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891739

ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BRACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION

Event
ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BRACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
891739
Report ID
352440

Event description

Employee bruised in fall when brace breaks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was walking on a brace for trusses, attaching the brace to the truss es being placed. The brace broke and he fell 28 ft from the roof to the first fl oor. He sustained multiple bruises and was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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