Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202477337 - Employee Suffers Sprain and Fracture in Slip and Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202477337 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 03/21/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312666720	05/18/2011	8062	622110	Downey Regional Medical Center

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on March 21, 2011, Employee #1, a health technician, was bringing a vacuum cleaner from the janitor closet to clean the floor of the emergency room when she slipped and fell. The floor was not wet or slippery. She suffered a fractured right hip and a sprained right wrist. She was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEALTH CARE WORKER, VACUUM CLEANER, SLIP, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, HIP, SPRAIN, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312666720			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.

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