Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201480290 - Employee fractures leg in same-level fall over phone cord

Accident Summary Nr: 201480290 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 02/21/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119794089	04/10/1997	8062	0	Stanislaus County Medical Center

Abstract: On February 21, 1997, Employee #1 was performing her regular duties as an administrative clerk in a medical records department. She had just hung up the receiver for the telephone on the chart request desk and started to step into the aisle or walkway to her right when her foot became caught in the looped phone cord that was sagging low to the ground next to the desk. Employee #1 fell to the floor, landing on her right side. She was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured right leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BY, TRIPPED, FALL, ENTANGLED, HOUSEKEEPING, FOOT, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119794089			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	General office clerks

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