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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016098659 · 9/13/2016 · Mayad Drywall, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name
Mayad Drywall, Inc.
Location
3801 Kirby Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77098
NAICS
238990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a 3-foot scaffold platform, screwing sheetrock into the metal studs when he lost his footing and fell off the scaffold. He fell through the open door onto sheetrock that was on the other side. He caught the sheetrock corner on his right side, breaking two ribs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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