Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140983.015 - Employee is crushed and killed by falling roof trusses

Accident Summary Nr: 140983.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 11/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1562978.015	11/08/2021		238130	Top Rank Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on November 8, 2021, an employee worked from the ground level to cut pieces of wood to then pass up to coworkers straightening and bracing seventy-foot long roof trusses. The trusses began to buckle and go out of plumb, then collapse and fall with a domino effect. The employee was struck and killed by crushing, blunt force injuries to the head and torso from the falling trusses.

Keywords: Blunt force, Collapse, Crushed, Cutting, Falling Object, Head, Struck By, Torso, Truss

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1562978.015	67	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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