Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122062.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when struck by falling tru

Accident Summary Nr: 122062.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 08/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1423487.015	08/15/2019		236210	Roebbelen Contracting, Inc

Abstract: At 12:27 p.m. on August 10, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at the site of a new one-story commercial building. He was positioning lumber (dunnage) under a bundle of roof trusses that was being set on the ground. The bundle was 85 feet long and weighed 5,000 pounds. The spreader bar used to lift the bundles of trusses, a 3,000-pound steel beam, wasn't connected to the fork lift with the chain. As the load was lowered with the forks angled forward, the load slid off the forks and crashed to the ground, striking the employee. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of multiple fractured ribs and multiple abrasions and bruises to his face, back, and head.

Keywords: Abrasion, Back, Bundle, Connecting, Construction, Contusion, Dunnage, Face, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Head, Hoisting Mechanism, Load Shift, Lumber, Rib, Roof, Spreader Bar, Steel Beam, Struck By, Truss, Unloading, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1423487.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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