Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202553210 - Employee's Pelvis Is Fractured in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202553210 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/30/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313170235	05/10/2011	7349	561790	H.S.G. Professional Window Cleaners, Inc.

Abstract: On April 30, 2011, Employee #1, a regular (noncontract) employee of an employer engaged in window cleaning operations for commercial high-rise buildings, and a coworker were on top of a six-story commercial building. They had just finished cleaning windows on one side of the building and were pulling cables up the roof. Employee #1 was straightening out a cable, while walking backward on the flat roof. Employee #1 stated that he thought he tripped on something, most likely a tie off anchor on the roof, and stumbled to the edge of the roof. He fell over an 18-inch parapet and down to the lower level a tiled balcony floor, a distance of approximately 17 feet, 6 inches. Employee #1 fractured his pelvis during this accident. No surgery was required, but he was treated and hospitalized for four days. The employer reported the accident to DOSH (Division of Occupational Safety and Health) on May 1, 2011.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, FRACTURE, ROOF, TRIPPED, PELVIS, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313170235			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Janitors and cleaners

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