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Accident: 170613137 - Employee Injured In Fall When Roof Rafter Breaks

Accident: 170613137 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/28/1995
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12017833009/01/19951761Sun Rea Construction, Inc.
At approximately 10:45 a.m. on August 28, 1995, Employee #1 was nailing sheeting at the edge of the roof on a residential structure. When he stepped back onto the tail of a rafter, it broke, and he fell to the ground. Employee #1 suffered a broken collarbone and ribs, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized for 14 days.
Keywords: lung, roof, work rules, collarbone, construction, equipment failure, rafter, rib, fall, fall protection
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 120178330 Hospitalized injury Fracture Carpenters

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