Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202607990 - Employee Falls from Elevation and Is Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 202607990 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 03/24/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314068479	03/24/2010	1751	238130	Howerton Trim & Cabinet, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a coworker and the owner of the company were installing 68-foot-long by 12-foot-tall truss members 20 feet above a concrete floor. In the morning, the wind had been calm but further into the day the wind quickly picked up. As Employee #1, a coworker and the owner were finishing the installation of the fifth truss and preparing to install the sixth truss, all the trusses collapsed sending Employee #1 to the floor. Employee #1 suffered a broken right wrist, shattered left elbow, both feet sustained broken bones, and head trauma. Employee #! was transported by helicopter to Baltimore Shock Trauma, where he was admitted for treatment.

Keywords: CONCRETE SLAB, FRACTURE, HEAD, TRUSS, INSTALLING, FALL, ELBOW, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FOOT, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		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	314068479			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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