Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101044.015 - Employee falls while setting trusses, incurs fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 101044.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 06/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1243800.015	06/30/2017		238130	Torres General Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on June 5, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2, employed by a construction company, were performing exterior carpentry at a retail building, a multiemployer construction project. They were working from the top plate and installing flat roof trusses. The trusses were set on the top plate in secured bundles of about 15 trusses and spanned the width of the building from north to south, an approximate length of 50 feet. As the bundles were released, the trusses moved, causing the employees to move away from the trusses, lose their balance, and fall, a fall height of approximately 15 feet 7 inches. Emergency services were called. Coworkers #1 and #2 incurred bruises but did not require hospitalization. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for multiple rib fractures and a shoulder injury.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Rib, Shoulder, Truss

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1243800.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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