Virtua Hospital

An employee was hospitalized after falling over a seizure mat.

An employee was picking up surgical instruments and twisted her chest and side.

A patient care technician was helping to move an obese patient when the employee hurt his back and groin.

An employee was organizing merchandise in the backroom. She lifted a box of merchandise and when she went to put the box down, she sustained back pain.

An employee was unloading boxes from a shipping container by hand when he felt a pinch in his back. The employee was hospitalized for a subarticular disc protrusion.

An employee was lifting boxes and pails when their back began to hurt. They were hospitalized for two slipped discs and inflammation.

An employee was setting up a meal service for a new hire orientation. The employee was removing food items from a speed rack station and bending to retrieve bowls of food when she sustained a back strain.

An employee was transferring a patient from a chair to a bed and strained their back.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee slipped on water in a hospital hallway, fell, and landed on his left hip. He suffered a contusion and fracture to the hip.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.