Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202136164 - Employee Falls from Chair, Fractures Spine, and Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 202136164 -- Report ID: 0253680 -- Event Date: 08/01/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316341056	08/10/2012	9223	922140	Nysdoccs Franklin Corr Fac

Abstract: On August 1, 2012, Employee #1, a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYSDOCCS) Education Supervisor, was interviewing an inmate in his office. When Employee #1 went to sit down in his chair, he missed the chair, fell to the floor (on his back) and hit his head on the floor. After the fall, Employee #1 said he could not feel his arms and legs and he was brought to Fletcher Allen Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont. He was put on a ventilator and was told that a bone spur, caused by advanced arthritis in his neck, had broken loose and severed his spinal cord. Employee #1 was informed by the attending physician that he would be paralyzed for the rest of his life. Employee #1 later asked that the ventilator be turned off, and it was. Employee #1 was pronounced dead on August 9, 2012.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, CHAIR, SPINE, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316341056			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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