Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170751093 - Employee injured in fall when roof truss gives way

Accident Summary Nr: 170751093 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104468038	03/31/1992	1751	0	Hayes Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employees were erecting trusses on a single family home. Employee #1 was near the peak of the last truss installed while reaching for the next truss to brace. The truss that Employee #1 was standing on pulled free from the one brace that was being used and Employee #1 fell. The employees had not braced the trusses according to the Truss Plate Institute recommendations. The employer had trained employees in the bracing procedures being used. The employees were wearing hard hats and safety shoes.

Keywords: ROOF BRACKET, TRUSS, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BRACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104468038			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters
2	360616999					Occupation Not Listed

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