Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170239016 - Employee dies of embolism after same level fall

Accident Summary Nr: 170239016 -- Report ID: 1055310 -- Event Date: 10/01/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115282824	10/07/1996	8062	0	Peacehealth Dba St Joseph Hospital

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on October 1, 1996, Employee #1 was returning to the supply truck when she tripped on the raised edge of a crack in the concrete loading dock. She fell onto the concrete and suffered a fractured pelvis and contusions to her upper torso. After being treated at the emergency room, she spent the next three nights at home. On the fourth day after the accident, she returned to the emergency room and was admitted to the hospital. She died the following day of a pulmonary embolism resulting from her pelvic fracture and subsequent immobility.

Keywords: EMBOLISM, FRACTURE, TRIPPED, WALKING SURFACE, PELVIS, FALL, LOADING DOCK, PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115282824			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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