Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202357653 - Employee Is Injured in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202357653 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 07/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308985068	07/25/2005	1799	561790	Yoswa Rashid Williams

Abstract: On July 25, 2005, Employee #1 was located in the master bedroom or a newly constructed home, cleaning a window. The master bedroom was located on the second floor of the residence and the window that he was cleaning faced the rear of the house. This incident was reported that an employee fell from a second story window of a newly built single family home. While Employee #1 was cleaning the window, he dropped a cloth out of the window and instinctively grabbed for it. He lost his balance and fell out of the window, 17 feet to the ground below, landing on compacted soil. Employee #1 was taken to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD, where he was hospitalized and treated for lacerations and contusions to his face, as well as a ruptured spleen, which had to be removed.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, SPLEEN, WORK STATION, LACERATION, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		$250,000 to $500,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308985068			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Janitors and cleaners	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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