Fractures

Name: Fractures at Tulane University - Uptown Campus
Start: 10/29/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015108158 · 10/29/2015 · Tulane University - Uptown Campus

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Skull
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Source: Off-road passenger vehicles-powered, n.e.c

Employer

Name: Tulane University - Uptown Campus
Location: 1440 Canal St., Ste. 1156, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70112
NAICS: 611310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to drive a hover board (electric scooter) that a student brought into the office. The employee stepped onto the board and it slipped out from under her causing her to fall backwards hitting her head on the floor and fracturing the back of the skull.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown