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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-VA CENTRAL IA HEALTH CARE

Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-VA CENTRAL IA HEALTH CARE, 3600 30TH STREET, DES MOINES, IOWA 50310 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).

An employee was walking in to work for the night shift at around 1400hrs and fell breaking the tibia and fibula of the right leg. The employee has been hospitalized. The employee doesn't recall exactly what happened, but believes that when stepping up onto a curb, a foot slipped off the curb resulting in the fall.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Curbs

DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-VA CENTRAL IA HEALTH CARE

Employee in the HVAC maintenance department was lifting filter boxes. At some point, the employee's back became tight and the employee laid down to stretch it out. Employee was unable to get back up. An ambulance was called and the employee was transported to the hospital and held overnight.

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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

An employee was walking around chairs when they slipped/tripped and fell, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured hip.

Iowa Veterans Home

An employee was walking to get on a recreation bus when she slipped on ice and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

United States Postal Service

An employee was walking to the back door of the post office when they slipped on the icy ground due to freezing rain and fell. The employee sustained a torn rotator cuff in their right shoulder and a fractured right hip.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was on top of an APC to access a radio on a shelf when they slipped and fell to the ground. They sustained three fractured ribs, a fractured right scapula and right clavicle, a knot on top of their head, and a laceration to their left leg.