B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Attendant Airline Total 41; Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 4; Flight Attendant Total 41; Flight Attendant Type 60
Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Aircraft; Human Factors
Another Cabin Crewmember was on break; and awoke mid-break needing to use the lavatory. There were lights on in the bunk area; individual bunks are curtained off to provide darkness.  (The crew bunk area has a very low ceiling; so most people must walk bent over at the waist; which alters the center of gravity.) As she began to descend the stairs to the main deck; she caught her toe (on carpet?) and fell down the steep and narrow stairs; landing at the bottom with her left leg underneath her.  She suffered a bruised arm and back; and her left ankle was bleeding profusely from scraping; and the left foot was also badly bruised and swollen.  Nearby Flight Attendants (FAs) (not on break) heard her fall and extricated her from the stairwell.  One FA; who happens to be a nurse; cleaned the lesions on her ankle and dressed the wound.  The injured crewmember was unable to put weight on her left foot; and therefore was unable to continue her duties; she spent the remainder of the flight in a passenger seat with her foot elevated.  Upon arrival; she was transported through the terminal to the crew bus via wheelchair. After going to the hotel; I accompanied her (along with a third crewmember) to the local hospital; where she had her foot and ankle x-rayed; cleaned and re-bandaged.  The physician on duty informed us that there were no obvious fractures; but that she should see a physician on return to the US.  She deadheaded home on our return flight.
B777 Flight Attendant describes a fall by another Flight Attendant attempting to negotiate the steep stairs down to the main deck from the overhead flight attendant rest area.