Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202541934 - Employee Fractures Wrist in Fall on Stairs

Accident Summary Nr: 202541934 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/08/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300873437	04/26/2010	8221	611310	Uc Los Angeles

Abstract: Around 12:00 p.m. on April 8, 2010, Employee #1 was on the upper floor of a dormitory room at UCLA campus complex when she received a phone call from her sister to have lunch together. She hurried down to meet her sister parked in front of the building. She was on top of the three-step concrete stair looking out on the street for her sister's car. She missed a step and fell but was able to grab the handrail. She was taken by paramedics to UCLA hospital, treated and released after five hours. She sustained distal fracture of right wrist. She had surgery April 16, 2010. According to Employee #1 the day of the accident was a beautiful day, the floor was not wet. She admitted she was looking out for her sister, not on the stair steps.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, FALL, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300873437			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; distrib., sched'g & adjusting clerks

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