Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14516140 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL WHEN ROOF TRUSS COLLAPSED

Accident Summary Nr: 14516140 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/25/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2308641	03/26/1985	1751	0	Rika Builders, Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF WOODEN ROOF TRUSSES. THE TRUSSES WERE NOT PROPERLY BRACED; THEY COLLAPSED, DOMINO STYLE, AND FELL THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE 202 FOOT LONG BUILDING. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A TRUSS AT THE TIME OF THE COLLAPSE, FELL AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AND NECK. HE DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON MARCH 25, 1985.

Keywords: HEAD, TRUSS, ROOF, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, NECK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2308641			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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