Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123241.015 - Employee is killed when building being constructed collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 123241.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456581.015	01/17/2020		238130	Freddy Acevedo

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on January 17, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction contractor, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a new one-story commercial building. He was on the roof and installing roof trusses along the north side wall when the trusses and the wall collapsed. The employee fell, sustaining injuries from the fall and from being struck by the collapsing building materials. Employee #1 was killed. He was subsequently determined to have sustained crushed lungs, a fractured neck, and a fractured skull with brain hemorrhage.

Keywords: Brain, Construction, Crushed, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hemorrhage, Installing, Lung, Neck, Roof, Skull, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Truss, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	14	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1456581.015	49	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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