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Accident Summary Nr: 14387591 - BUILDING TRUSSES COLLAPSED; 3 EMPLOYEES INJURED

Accident Summary Nr: 14387591 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 11/07/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100122688	11/07/1986	1542	0	Nicholas & Associates

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, LOCATED 18 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, WAS NAILING STA-LATH ONTO ROOF TRUSSES. 67 PIECES OF 4 BY 8 1/2 SHEATHING PLYWOOD WAS STACKED IN A PILE ON THE ROOF TRUSSES. THE STACK WEIGHED ABOUT 3,280 POUNDS. THE WEIGHT OF THE PLYWOOD STACK CAUSED THE TRUSSES TO COLLAPSE. EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE PLYWOOD FELL TO THE GROUND. THE FALLING PLYWOOD PIECES STRUCK EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3. ALL THREE EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RELEASED AFTER OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT.

Keywords: TRUSS, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, LUMBER, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100122688	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	100122688	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
3	100122688	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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