Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404829 - Employee fractures his arm when he falls with roof trusses

Accident Summary Nr: 201404829 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 01/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127085785	01/17/2001	1751	0	Johnson Construction Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was aligning 75-ft-long wooden trusses with an 8-12 pitch. Fourteen of thirty trusses fell to the floor along with Employee #1. He was hospitalized with a fractured arm.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRUSS, ROOF, COLLAPSE, PINNED, CRUSHED, ROOFER, FALL, STRUCK BY, ARM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127085785			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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