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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016109937 · 10/21/2016 · Headwaters Windows

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thigh(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
Source
Movable ladders, unspecified

Employer

Name
Headwaters Windows
Location
19606 Park Row, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77084
NAICS
332321
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On Friday 10/21/2016, at 0900, an employee was on the second story of a building replacing a seal on a window. The employee went to take another step up when the ladder gave out beneath him and he fell to the ground, fracturing his right and left femurs and injuring his ankle. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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