Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201612850 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Top Plate of Interior Wall

Accident Summary Nr: 201612850 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 01/04/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308453844	01/05/2005	1521	236115	Duane Eldon Hurley Jr

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on January 4, 2005, an employee, lead worker and foreman, was stacking and setting trusses on the top plates of associated bearing walls. The trusses being flown With the aid of a boom truck in at the time of the accident made contact with trusses that had been previously stacked and braced in a bundle. The material shifted causing the employee to move and fall from the top plate of an interior wall to the wood floor.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, HEAD, TRUSS, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION

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	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308453844			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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