Dislocation of joints

Name: Dislocation of joints at D&L Electric Company
Start: 4/20/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020043624 · 4/20/2020 · D&L Electric Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Dislocation of joints

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: D&L Electric Company
Location: 4440 FM 2351 Friendswood, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, 77546
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, cutting sheetrock to attach an electrical terminal box. His elbow hit the terminal box and he was thrown off balance, falling to the floor from about four rungs up. He suffered a dislocated right wrist and a cut from a metal bracelet he was wearing.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown