Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200998920 - Employees Fall as Trusses Collapsed

Accident Summary Nr: 200998920 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/23/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315044628	06/24/2011	1795	238910	Robert D. Marshall Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:05 am, on June 23, 2011, Employees #1 and #2 were cutting the permanent bracing from the 70 feet long trusses for a building which was being demolished. The distance from the bottom chord of the truss to the concrete floor below is 18 feet. The trusses structural integrity weakened as the braces were cut and a post snapped causing the trusses to collapse with Employees #1 and #2 falling to the concrete. Employee #1 died. Employee #2 received a broken wrist, broken elbow, stitches to the mouth and a broken denture plate for which he was treated and released.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRUSS, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, MOUTH, FALL, ELBOW, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315044628			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	315044628			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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