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Accident: 115223.015 - Employee Is Struck And Injured By Falling Trusses
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1381441.015 | 02/26/2019 | Westhaven Builders Llc |
At 2:00 p.m. on February 20, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction compa ny, was engaged in exterior carpentry work at an existing three-story commercial building. He was kneeling and assembling trusses when a gust of wind blew over the assembled trusses, which struck the employee as they fell. The employee wa s transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple i njuries. These included fractures to his pelvis, ribs, back, vertebrae, and ank le.
Keywords:
ankle, back, blunt force trauma, carpenter, construction, falling object, fracture, framing, high wind, lumber stack, pelvis, projectile, rehabilitation, renovation, rib, struck by, truss, vertebra
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 3 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1381441.015 | 52 | M | Hospitalized injury | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: |