OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394901

112251 - DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY

EVANSVILLE, IN· 2021-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Head, Struck Against, Tripped, Walking Surface
NAICS: 623312
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345493464
Employer profile: 112251 - DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY
Summary number: 221394901
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee dies in slip and fall

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on August 19, 2021, an employee was standing at a coffee table in the skilled care serving line when she turned around and tripped and fell backwards into the coffee table. The employee hit her head on the coffee table and the employer convinced her to go to the hospital, where she died four days later due to a pneumothorax and emphysema.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 77 F

Event type
4

Occupation code
999

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