Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Raleigh General Hospital, 1710 Harper Road, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA 25801
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple head locations.
Final narrative
On February 29, 2016, at approximately 3:05pm, an employee suffered injuries after falling to the floor. The employee was walking out of the Director's office, caught a shoe on a chair, and fell to the tile floor resulting in a loss of consciousness, nasal fracture, laceration to the lip, and bruising.
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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.
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An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.
An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.