Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170101109 - Employee dies after fall on stairs

Accident Summary Nr: 170101109 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 02/07/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115445116	02/09/1995	8661	0	Church Of God Dba Seattle Area Youth For Christ

Abstract: Employee #1 was departing from the office to make a bank deposit. As she was descending the stairs from the second floor, she made a left turn on the landing to descend the second flight and either slipped or tripped. Employee #1 fell down the stairs and landed with her head in the sheetrock wall across a 45 in. wide hallway opposite the last descending step. She died from a subdural hematoma, a cerebral contusion, and a skull fracture. Causal factors may include: difference in surface coverings between the tread and the landings, and the lack of handrail on the right side of stairs.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, STAIR, UNEVEN GROUND, SLIP, STAIR LANDING, HANDRAIL, TRIPPED, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115445116			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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