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Accident: 780999 - Employees Injured When Struck By Falling Trusses

Accident: 780999 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 03/19/1991
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11235903903/20/19911761Taylor Construction Co.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11235906203/20/19911731Current Control, Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11235903903/20/19911761Taylor Construction Co.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11235905403/20/19911542Elder Construction
A subcontractor, with nine men on the job, was setting roof trusses. An electrical contractor had one employee at the site who was on the floor. The subcontractor had set all but three trusses when approximately thirty toppled over. Employees #1 and #2 were injured by the falling trusses. They were hospitalized with scalp lacerations, concussions, and broken ribs.
Keywords: head, laceration, concussion, struck by, rib, fracture, truss, construction, falling object
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 112359039 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Carpenters
2 112359062 Occupation Not Listed
3 112359039 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Carpenters
4 112359054 Occupation Not Listed

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