Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 692871 - EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY TRUSSES

Accident Summary Nr: 692871 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 09/12/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105704589	09/14/1989	1542	0	Old Town Enterprises, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105704571	09/14/1989	1542	0	S.C. Voliva Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1, #2, and #3 were installing fifty-foot wide scissor trusses on a church addition at some distance above the ground. The trusses were constructed of a substandard grade of lumber and had been damaged during shipment. The trusses were not inspected by the employer prior to installation. After putting up about thirty trusses, the fifth truss installed broke, causing all of the trusses and about fifty feet of the wall to fall on the men, who fell from where they were. Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized with fractures. Employee #3 was not hospitalized, but suffered cuts and bruises.

Keywords: TRUSS, WALL, COLLAPSE, LUMBER, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105704589	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers
2	105704589	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers
3	105704589	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers
4	105704571			Occupation Not Listed

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