OSHA investigators arrived in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday, October 19th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Independent Acute Dialysis Services, Inc. A 65 year old Registered nurse had been injured when the employee was injured when crushed by overturned machine
Accident Date2017-10-08
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:15 a.m. on October 8, 2017, Employee #1 was pulling a hemodialysis machine into an elevator when its wheels became caught in the gap between the elevator car and the hallway floor. As the employee worked to free the wheel from the gap, the machine fell into the elevator and onto the employee. The employee sustained a fractured spine at the L1 lumbar region.