OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891739
ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BRACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION
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
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#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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