Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 902387 - Employee dies of blood clot after fracturing ankle at work

Accident Summary Nr: 902387 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/18/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108600750	10/18/1990	8052	0	Lafayette Healthcare Center

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 p.m. on December 24, 1989, Employee #1, a nurse's aide employed by Americana Nursing Home (now Lafayette Healthcare Center, Lafayette, IN) was giving a resident a shower in the large shower room on the first floor of the nursing home. She tripped on a metal strip and slipped on the wet floor, landing on her ankle and fracturing it. The fracture caused a pulmonary embolism of which Employee #1 died on December 28, 1989.

Keywords: BLOOD CLOT, EMBOLISM, FRACTURE, SLIP, TRIPPED, SLIPPERY SURFACE, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108600750			Fatality	Fracture	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

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