Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201701117 - Employee injured by fall from roof truss

Accident Summary Nr: 201701117 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 08/21/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304171010	08/23/2001	1542	0	Engineered Structures Inc

Abstract: At 2:50 p.m. on August 21, 2001, Employee #1 was inured when he fell to the floor level while he was engaged in replacing a truss and related roof support material at a grocery store remodel project. Employee #1 was sitting on the top chord of a web truss nailing 2-inch by 6-inch purlings into place. Another worker had previously placed the purlings and secured them with one nail. Employee #1 was putting in the remainder of the nails. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell backward when one of the "tacked" purlings gave way under his weight. Employee #1 fell approximately 4 feet into the T-Bar ceiling, and then approximately 9 feet to a display shelf in the store, and finally another 5 feet to the floor. Employee #1 sustained a sore back, a head contusion, and a fractured shoulder and was taken by ambulance to Holy Rosary Hospital where he was examined, treated and released.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TRUSS, SHOULDER, BACK, FALL, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304171010			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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