Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171559.015 - Employee dies from head trauma in fall from ATV to concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 171559.015 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 11/01/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1786114.015	11/05/2024		622110	U.S. Dept Of Veterans Affairs

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on November 1, 2024, an employee working as a nurse for a veterans hospital was responding to a code blue. The employee climbed into an ATV to head to another building without securing the door. The employee died from head trauma when she fell out of the ATV and struck her head on the concrete.

Keywords: ATV, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Pavement, Concrete Surface, Contusion, Emergency Response, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Hospital, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Nurse, Unsecured

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1786114.015	62	F	Fatality

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