Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200356228 - Worker Is Knocked to Ground by Falling Truss, Breaks Wrists

Accident Summary Nr: 200356228 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/05/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310921267	03/06/2007	1751	238130	Whitco Framing Contractor, Inc.

Abstract: On March 5, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were working for a framing contractor. With the assistance of a boom truck, they were installing roof trusses on a new Bojangles' fast food restaurant. The employees had installed nine trusses, when the last one fell over, causing Employee #1 to fall onto the concrete pad of the building. He fractured both wrists and hit his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized. The injury line does not mention any head injury.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, FRACTURE, HEAD, TRUSS, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	4000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310921267			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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