OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516421
FRACTURE,ELDERLY,FALL,LOST BALANCE,HIP
Event description
Employee dies after surgery for hip fractured in fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 got up out of a wheeled office chair to answer a phone, lost her bal ance, and fell backward to the floor. She broke her hip, and died following surg ery.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 73 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 18
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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