Inspection Detail

Inspection: 924475.015 - Provision Living, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Fairview Heights Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 10:00 a.m. on July 11, 2013, Employee #1 and a coworker were outside the facility taking a break. The break area was located on a concrete slab just outside the exit door. Employee #1, who was sitting on two stacked plastic milk crates, was startled when someone opened the exit door from inside the facility, causing the employee to fall off the crates. The fall caused a scraped arm, ankle and tail bone injury. Employee #1 did not inform her employer. The employee developed a bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism from her ankle injury and later died.

Keywords: Ankle, Arm, Concrete Slab, Crate, Embolism, Fall, Lost Balance, Struck Against