Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170381321 - Employee injured in fall through shattered window

Accident Summary Nr: 170381321 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/15/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125489054	07/15/1998	1793	0	D & C Glass & Aluminum, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on July 15, 1998, Employee #1, a foreman glazier for D and C Glass and Aluminum, Inc., and two 2 coworkers were replacing a broken window on the fourth floor of an office building in San Francisco. Employee #1 was on an 8 ft stepladder installing clips on a tempered glass window that was already set into the channels when, for some reason, the glass shattered. Employee #1 went through the opening and fell 32 ft onto an adjacent roof. He suffered a fractured left arm and fractured right ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BROKEN GLASS, STEPLADDER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ARM, ANKLE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125489054			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Glaziers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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