Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202495511 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Falling Trusses

Accident Summary Nr: 202495511 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 08/18/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309897635	10/18/2006	1541	236210	Baggett Construction Services Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, working from a scaffold, cut the top strap on a bundle of secured trusses. The bottom of the trusses kicked out, struck him, and knocked him down onto the scaffold. The trusses then fell on him. He suffered an unspecified fracture but did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRUSS, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309897635			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Hoisting Bundles Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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