Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142560.015 - Employee falls when wall collapses, receives severe leg and

Accident Summary Nr: 142560.015 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 12/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571568.015	12/30/2021		238130	Eduardo Romero

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee stood on an exterior, fifth floor wall to receive a bundle of trusses lifted by a crane. As the trusses were positioned, a temporary bracing wall in the center of the bundle collapsed and caused the truss ends to strike against the fifth-floor walls, which then collapsed. The wall the employee stood on collapsed and the employee fell approximately fifty-five feet. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to the right lower leg and lower back (vertebrae).

Keywords: Back, Bundle, Collapse, Crane, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Leg, Truss, Vertebra, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1571568.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 55 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 55 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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