Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170866545 - Employee's knee dislocated in fall from Bookmobile

Accident Summary Nr: 170866545 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/02/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125800136	09/29/1999	8231	0	Placer Co. Library

Abstract: On September 9, 2001, Employee #1, a librarian and substitute driver of the County Library's Bookmobile, backed the vehicle out of the garage and drove to the front of the library to conduct a walk-around inspection. She was descending from the cab of the GMC vehicle, model T8500, license #E055715, when she slipped and fell to the ground, dislocating her left knee. Employee #1 was taken by paramedics to the hospital, where she underwent surgery. The Bookmobile had two slip-resistant steps leading to the cab and three handholds on the door frame. The weather was dry and the ground was level.

Keywords: KNEE, STAIR, VEHICLE, SLIP, DESCENDING, DISLOCATED, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125800136			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Librarians

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