Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 945097 - Employee's spine fractured when struck by falling wood truss

Accident Summary Nr: 945097 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 02/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18464115	02/11/1991	1751	0	Woodside Construction Associates
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18464149	02/11/1991	1521	0	Squires Homes Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping push up a 30 ft gable end wood truss with an installed wood wall. The unsupported and unbraced wall became unbalanced and slid off the second level. It fell backward and struck the employee, who was behind the wall. He sustained a spinal fracture.

Keywords: UNSECURED, FRACTURE, TRUSS, SPINE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18464115			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenter apprentices
2	18464149					Occupation Not Listed

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