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Accident Summary Nr: 1001296 - EMPLOYEES STANDING ON TRUSSES FELL; WIND BLEW TRUSSES

Accident Summary Nr: 1001296 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/09/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101931657	09/09/1986	1541	0	Great Plains Supply Company

Abstract: AT 4:15 PM ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1986, FIVE EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING TRUSSES AN THE ROOF OF A GRAIN STORAGE BUILDING. THE EMPLOYEES HAD INSTALLED 23 OF THE TOTAL OF 25 TRUSSES. EMPLOYEES #1 AND 2 WERE STANDING ON THE TRUSSES, BRACING THEM TOGETHER WITH 2 BY 4'S. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE ON LADDERS AT THE WALLS WHERE THE TRUSSES RESTED, NAILING THE TRUSSES TO THE WALLS. A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE TRUSSES OVER IN A DOMINO EFFECT, CAUSING THE TRUSSES TO FALL 23 FEET TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEES #1 AND 2 FELL WITH THE TRUSSES. THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED. THE TRUSSES HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY GUY ROPES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, TRUSS, ROOF, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101931657			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters
2	101931657			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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