Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 951657 - Employee killed when porch roof collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 951657 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 01/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125434357	01/27/1997	1751	0	Trebor Construction Co. Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:58 p.m. on January 27, 1997, Employee #1 was standing on the porch of a two-story wood home. He was preparing to remove temporary posts from underneath the 10 ft long and approximately 1,000 lb portico and install permanent posts on each side. He used a hammer to knock out one post and then the other post, at which point the portico fell on top of him. Employee #1 received multiple fractures of the head and body and died. He had not installed a permanent post each time he removed a temporary post.

Keywords: ROOF COLLAPSE, FRACTURE, HEAD, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125434357			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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