Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108109.015 - Employee falls when roof truss collapses, fractures leg

Accident Summary Nr: 108109.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 08/08/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1337179.015	08/09/2018		238130	Pb Framing Llc

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on August 8, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction framing company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a new residential building. He was installing a roof truss when the truss collapsed. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 14 feet. He was using a personal fall arrest system, but the rope was too long and did not arrest his fall before he hit the ground. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a fractured left tibia.

Keywords: Carpenter, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Frame, Installing, Residential Construction, Roof, Structural Collapse, Tibia, Truss, Wood Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition				14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1337179.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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