OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399843

EAST WHITTIER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

WHITTIER, CA· 2021-05-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Pavement, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Hand, Hip, Jumping, Pelvis, Sidewalk, Teacher, Tripped, Walking Surface, Wrist
NAICS: 611110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345556435
Employer profile: EAST WHITTIER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Summary number: 221399843
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee fractures pelvis, wrist in trip and fall on walkway

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on May 19, 2021, an employee working as a teacher for an elementary school was walking on a concrete (level) walkway. The employee was playing with a student jumping up and down and side to side in the direction they were both moving. The employee tripped and fell reaching out with her left hand to slow the fall. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured wrist and pelvis.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 62 F

Event type
4

Occupation code
156

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