Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202357547 - Employee Sustains Fractures in Fall after Trusses Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202357547 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 06/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308714674	06/14/2005	1751	238130	O.R. & A. Carpentry Services, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 (the company president), was erecting trusses on a one-story building to be used as the activities building at a residential complex. Twelve of the 18 erected trusses collapsed with Employee #1 standing on one of the trusses. The trusses were 54 ft long and were 8 ft tall, as they were the bottom section of piggyback trusses. The wall that the trusses were standing on was approximately 12 ft high and the floor was poured concrete. The trusses were not properly braced, with only a 2-in. by 4-in.board between each truss as a temporary brace. Employee #1 sustained a broken arm from the fall to the concrete and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRUSS, COLLAPSE, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ARM, BRACING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308714674			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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