Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170891766 - Employee fractures hip in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 170891766 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/28/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112130166	05/15/1995	8062	0	Impress Usa

Abstract: On April 28, 1995, Employee #1, age 81, was walking in a hallway outside the radiation therapy room in the Center for Health Education. She had returned to the building to get something she had left behind. As Employee #1 reached the edge of the carpet outside the radiation therapy room, she lost her balance and fell. She was transported to a hospital emergency room, and hospitalized with a fractured hip. According to Employee #1, she did not trip. There is no cause of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ELDERLY, FALL, LOST BALANCE, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112130166			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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