Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202080677 - Employee Is Killed When Porch Roof Section Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 202080677 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 10/20/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315109595	10/20/2010	1799	238990	Eun Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On October 20, 2010, Employee #1, a carpenter, was working on a newly constructed house. A temporary support broke, allowing the porch section nails to pull loose from the main structure of the newly constructed single family house, causing the roof to fall. A porch roof section, approximately ten feet wide by twelve feet long, struck and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: ROOF COLLAPSE, ASPHYXIATED, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY

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	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315109595			Fatality	Asphyxia	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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