Toolbox Talk Guide: Collapsed Roof Trusses Kill Carpenter Foreman

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  Our safety talk today is about a 32-year-old carpenter foreman who was killed when the roof truss system he and his crew were installing collapsed. The truss manufacturer arranged for delivery of the trusses on a trailer pulled by a truck-mounted crane. The truck operator provided the foreman with the delivery packet containing the "Guide to Handling, Installing Restraining and Bracing Trusses." After each truss was lifted by the crane and set in place on the structure, the crew nailed temporary lateral restraints on the top chords but not diagonal bracing as instructed on the Guide. After the 13th truss was on the structure and disconnected from the rigging, the system collapsed. Two crew members fell off the top plates and the worker on the floor was struck by a truss and sustained a concussion. The supervisor fell to the floor and was fatally struck by a falling truss. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Workers Falling Objects Roof Falls
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067421
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2016 Apr; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Services, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Toolbox talk guide: collapsed roof trusses kill carpenter foreman
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:97c24169114459e5ad98100131c9ff181336eec9ac9a39a4798f773173d74634d3ebd5487736552756785322b834341caf2aba19199af37c4442e9176b9dfed6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229169/cdc_229169_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 482.81 KB ]