Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at VA Maine Healthcare System
Start: 3/27/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032782 · 3/27/2017 · VA Maine Healthcare System

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s) and leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slipping
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Food products, unspecified

Employer

Name: VA Maine Healthcare System
Location: 1 VA Center, AUGUSTA, MAINE, 04330
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking into the canteen to get lunch when she slipped and fell on an area where a customer recently had spilled their food and cleaned it up. She dislocated her patella and fractured a femur.

Source

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