Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111720.015 - Employer falls when trusses collapse, breaks leg

Accident Summary Nr: 111720.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 10/09/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1353187.015	10/09/2018		238130	B. Hagen Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on October 9, 2018, Employee #1, the company owner, and three coworkers, employed by a construction framing company, were installing roof sheathing to a one-story wood-framed commercial storage building as part of a multi-employer construction project. They were using an articulated boom and scissor lifts. About halfway through the sheathing work, the trusses collapsed due to inadequate bracing. The owner, who was not using fall protection, fell, a fall height of greater than 16 feet. The coworkers were not injured. The owner was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured femur (thighbone).

Keywords: Boom, Bracing, Carpenter, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Leg, Roof, Roof Decking, Scissor lift, Structural Collapse, Thigh, Truss, Unsecured

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	1353187.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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