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Accident Summary Nr: 135919.015 - Employee suffers contusion and laceration from collapsing ro

Accident Summary Nr: 135919.015 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 02/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1516379.015	02/25/2021		238130	Garcia Carpenter Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on February 23, 2021, Employee #1 was working for a framing contractor. Employee # 1 and another co-worker Employee #2 were installing roof trusses onto the first-floor walls of the structure while standing on the top plate of the walls of the structure. A gust of wind caused 10 roof trusses that were not braced correctly to fall over in a domino effect striking Employee #1 and pinning him between a collapsed truss and the top plate of an interior wall. Employee #1 suffered bruises on the back and a minor head laceration. Employee #1 received medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Building Collapse, Collapse, Contusion, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, High Wind, Laceration, Roof, Roof Collapse, Roofer, Roofing, Struck Against, Struck By, Tips Over, Trapped, Truss

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1516379.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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