Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202656898 - Employee Fractures Hip Falling from Stairs

Accident Summary Nr: 202656898 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 10/26/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316668284	11/05/2012	8733	541710	Sansum Diabetics Research Institute

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on October 26, 2012, an incident occurred as Employee #1 suffered a right hip fracture when she went to get paper supplies that were located on a set of stairs in a locked supply closet, and fell from the fourth stair onto a concrete floor fracturing her right hip. After crawling out of the closet, Employee #1 was wheeled over to a local hospital where she was diagnosed with a fracture of the right iliac bone. Employee #1 was hospitalized for several days and then released to a rehabilitation hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, HEALTH CARE FACILITY, CONCRETE, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316668284			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Physicians

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