# Dislocation of joints at PERLEY-HALLADAY ASSOCIATES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022108981` · 10/12/2022 · WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PERLEY-HALLADAY ASSOCIATES, INC.
- **Location:** 1037 Andrew Drive, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19380
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the top of a cooler ceiling. After cutting an opening in a 4-inch-thick insulated metal panel so that stairs could be installed, the employee fell through the opening, landed on the ground, and suffered a dislocated hip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*