Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201073715 - Employee Fractures Elbow In Fall Through Roof
Accident: 201073715 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/03/2008 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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312677461 | 03/11/2009 | 1521 | Duggins Construction Inc | ||||
On October 3, 2008, an employee was pulling off old roofing tin from a golf-cart shelter, when the roof trusses collapsed from under him. As the roof collapsed, the employee fractured his elbow after falling eight feet and striking the ground. The employee was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in El Centro and then later admitted to UCSD, where he underwent surgery to treat a fractured elbow. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, truss, roof, building, collapse, carpenter, fall, elbow
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 1 | 8 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 312677461 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Roofing FatCause: Collapse of structure |