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Accident Summary Nr: 104112.015 - Two employees fall when trusses collapse and incur multiple

Accident Summary Nr: 104112.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/22/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1303876.015	03/23/2018		238130	North Tucker Framing, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on March 22, 2018, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a construction framing company, were installing wooden trusses at the site of a multiemployer construction project, a new commercial building. The trusses collapsed, and both employees fell to the concrete floor. Trusses fell on top of both employees. Emergency services were called, and the employees were transported to the hospital. Both were admitted. They were treated for bone fractures, concussions, and contusions.

Keywords: Concussion, Construction, Contusion, Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Truss

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	29

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1303876.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1303876.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury			Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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