Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 85841.015 - Employee crushed between collapsing roof trusses and is kill

Accident Summary Nr: 85841.015 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 05/09/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1146897.015	05/10/2016	1751	238130	70166 - Rk Builders Llc

Abstract: At approximately 6:15 p.m. on May 9, 2016, an employee and 3 coworkers were building a three car garage attached to a single family residential house. Employee #1 was working up within the roof trusses, approximately 11 feet high, installing wood for future drywall work and a coworker was working at the other end of the house, also approximately 11 feet high up within the roof trusses. The roof trusses were 36 feet long, 10 feet, 10 inches high, and each weighed 333 pounds. The roof trusses had a single row of bracing on each side. The trusses shifted, causing all but seven (7) of the trusses to collapse. Employee #1 was crushed between collapsed roof trusses and was killed.

Keywords: Bracing, Caught Between, Crushed, Truss

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1146897.015	34	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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