Ochsner Health Center - Elmwood

A temporary employee was standing on the sidelines of a football game when a player collided with them. They sustained a right tibia fracture and torn ligaments in the knee that required hospitalization.

An employee was standing in place and talking to guests while teaching a ski lesson when another skier struck the employee. The employee fell and experienced pain and inflammation of the discs in his back.

An employee was conducting a ski lesson when another skier collided with the instructor. The employee sustained internal bleeding.

An employee was standing on a ski slope when a guest crashed into them. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a dislocated/fractured shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

A ski instructor was stopped on the hill talking to a student during a lesson when they were struck by another skier traveling at a high rate of speed. The employee sustained an ankle fracture, two rib fractures, and a concussion that rendered him unconscious.

An employee was walking into work when they tripped on a rock and fell forward to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right patella and required surgery.

An employee was helping to restrain a patient when his right ankle rolled, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was helping to move a patient in the endoscopy room. After helping the patient into the bed, she went to stand back up and struck the back of her head on the C-arm table attached to the hospital bed. The employee sustained a concussion.

An employee was taking an x-ray using a portable x-ray machine. The employee was adjusting a cartridge under a patient and felt abdominal pain. The employee sustained an incarcerated hernia.

An employee slipped while cleaning up spilled eggs and landed on their left knee. The knee was broken.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/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.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.