Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831416 - Two employees injured in fall when truss fails

Accident Summary Nr: 170831416 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/03/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302697800	05/04/1999	1751	0	Constructive Builders, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were installing hip trusses on a two-story single-family home under construction when they fell through an unguarded floor opening to the first floor. Employee #1 sustained a lacerated liver and was hospitalized; Employee #2 sustained bruises and scrapes and was hospitalized overnight before being released. The trusses were properly braced, but the truss from which Employees #1 and #2 were working suffered structural failure at the lower chord.

Keywords: TRUSS, INSTALLING, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, CONSTRUCTION, LIVER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LACERATION, FALL, UNGUARDED, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302697800			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)
2	302697800			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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