OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14327514
WILLIAMS ENTERPRISES INC
WASHINGTON, DC—
Event description
FALL FROM STRUCTURAL STEEL
Investigation abstract
Two employees were connecting a steel frame truss that was approximately 127 foo t long atop a building frame for a gymnasium. The unbraced, partly bolted, and o verloaded structure beneath them collapsed. The two employees fell approximately 46 feet to the ground. Another employee, who was fueling a welding machine unde r the structure, was injured by the falling steel.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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