Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14336481 - Employee dies after falling at work

Accident Summary Nr: 14336481 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/23/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17763665	04/18/1990	3711	0	General Motors Corporation

Abstract: On March 23, 1990, Employee #1 was at a door going into a work building. She was getting a paper and her watch had fallen off. When she reached for it, she fell but caught herself. She told a coworker that she had an ear infection and that her equilibrium was off. Employee #1 complained of being sore after returning home from work and took a bath. She then complained of being dizzy and collapsed. Employee #1 was taken to Southwest Community Hospital where she died the next day. The Medical Examiner's office indicated that her death was the result of "uncontrolled bleeding due to liver failure due to laceration of spleen/Accident." Based on information obtained during the inspection, there was no evidence that Employee #1 sustained a job-related injury.

Keywords: SPLEEN, LOSS OF BLOOD, LIVER, DIZZINESS, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17763665			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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