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Accident: 14347363 - Five Employees Injured When Struck By Collapsing Roof

Accident: 14347363 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 12/26/1986
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10035791212/29/19861751David Howard Construction Company
Employees #1 through #5 were working on a 2-story frame office building. Employee #1 was working on a second floor wall; Employee #2 was standing on a sawhorse furring out a wall; Employees #3 and #4 were standing on the trusses over a beam; and Employee #5 was supervising the framing. A loud crack and then shouted warnings were heard. The beam broke and the partially completed roof collapsed. Employees #1, #2, #4, and #5 were bruised and Employee #3 sustained fractures; all five employees were treated at a local hospital. The roof trusses had not been adequately braced during construction, causing the 4 by 6 treated timber roof support beam that was being used as the center interior bearing to fail under truss "A." In addition to the inadequate design of the beam, several bundles of 4 by 8 ft plywood sheets weighing 3,000 lb had been lying on the wood roof for four to seven days. Bracing/blocks were being installed on the trusses. Spreading bundles on the roof was a common construction practice.
Keywords: fracture, roof, collapse, work rules, overloaded, construction, struck by, bracing, contusion
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 100357912 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported
2 100357912 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported
3 100357912 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported
4 100357912 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported
5 100357912 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported

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