Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14505028 - EMPLOYEE KILLED CLEANING HOSPITAL BED SPRINGS

Accident Summary Nr: 14505028 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 03/01/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100900851	03/02/1988	8011	0	Columbia Regional Hospital

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:10 PM ON MARCH 1, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, AN EXPERIENCED HOSPITAL HOUSEKEEPER, WAS IN ROOM 312 CLEANING THE SPRINGS ON A HOSPITAL BED (MODEL 55-3-39-C-15, PROPERTY #33076). THE MATTRESS FRAME WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THE SIDE RAILS WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION. WHILE CLEANING THE SPRINGS UNDER THE MATTRESS FRAME, EMPLOYEE #1 TRIPPED A BAR THAT CAUSED THE MATTRESS FRAME MOTOR TO START RUNNING. THE MATTRESS FRAME STARTED TO LOWER. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO STOP THE MATTRESS FROM COMING DOWN, THE BED MALFUNCTIONED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN HER CHEST WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE MATTRESS FRAME AND THE HEADBOARD.

Keywords: CHEST, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100900851			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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