Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170591812 - Employee breaks hip in same-level fall to floor

Accident Summary Nr: 170591812 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/28/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125958710	10/17/1995	5311	0	Robinsons-May

Abstract: On September 28, 1995, Employee #1, age 70, was accommodating the overflow of clothes from a nearby dressing room. She quickly turned around to respond to a customer's question, and in doing so tripped on the coaster wheel housing unit of a rolling clothes rack. Employee #1 fell to the carpeted floor and landed on her right hip. She sustained an intra-trochanteric fracture of her hip, for which she was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRIPPED, ELDERLY, FALL, HIP, WORK SURFACE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125958710			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sales workers, apparel

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