Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 732941 - FALL

Accident Summary Nr: 732941 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/27/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3198975	02/28/1986	1761	0	Creative Construction Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES WERE ON STEEL FRAME CHURCH BUILDING SETTING THE 86 FOOT LONG TRUSSES IN PLACE WHEN THE TRUSSES COLLAPSED. EMPLOYEES WERE 44 FEET HIGH. A CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE TRUSSES IN PLACE ON THE ROOF AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE PLACING THE TRUSSES AS THEY WERE LIFTED IN PLACE. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED FROM IMPACT WITH GROUND AND OTHERS HAD BROKEN BONES. THE TRUSSES WERE NOT PROPERLY PLACED.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, TRUSS, BUILDING, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TWO BOLT, STEEL ERECTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3198975	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers
2	3198975	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Roofers
3	3198975	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers
4	3198975	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers
5	3198975	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers
6	3198975	Fatality	Asphyxia	Roofers

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