Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Carle Foundation Hospital, 611 West Park Street, URBANA, ILLINOIS 61801
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was in the bathroom cleaning when she slipped and fell on the bathroom floor fracturing her left patella.
At about 1:40 p.m. on November 3, 2020, an employee slipped on a wet floor in a hospital hallway, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken left kneecap.
On May 22, 2020, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was working in a lab drive-through shed when she sprayed a wasp with wasp spray. The wasp started to chase her, so she ran. While running, she tripped and fell in the parking lot, fracturing both wrists.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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