Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200101269 - Falling Wood Trusses Kill And Injure Employees
Accident: 200101269 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 01/09/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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304487754 | 01/09/2002 | 1541 | Enviro-Com Construction Inc. | ||||
On January 9, 2002, at CSX Transportation located at 601 E. 152nd Street in Cleveland Ohio, there was an accident that involved Employees #1 and #2. The accident occurred when erected wood trusses that were being set, fell. The trusses fell from the starting point and continued until all of the erected trusses fell, approximately 130 ft. This caused the south wall, made of masonry block, to fall on top of Employee #1, the site-superintendent, killing him. Employee #2, a carpenter, fell from the trusses and sustained an abrasion. | |||||||
Keywords:
wood erection, blocks, fall, struck by, falling object
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 1 | 10 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 304487754 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Roofing FatCause: Collapse of structure |