Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117150.015 - Employee installing window frame falls and breaks hip

Accident Summary Nr: 117150.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405893.015	06/04/2019		238130	Hardy Window Company

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on May 31, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a window and door installation contractor, was applying caulking to a newly installed exterior window frame at the employer's facility. The employee fell, a fall height of 9 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured hip.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Framing, Hip, Installing

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1405893.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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