WOOD SERVICES

An employee was walking down cement steps when the employee tripped and fell, hitting the stairs. The employee suffered a broken tibia and rib.

An employee was helping to restrain a patient when they tore a pectoral muscle.

An employee was attempting to separate two individuals that were arguing when the employee fell to the floor. The other individuals fell on top of the employee, resulting in a leg injury.

A law enforcement agent was pursuing a suspect on foot when they suffered a head-on collision with the suspect, resulting in a brain bleed and a concussion that required hospitalization.

An employee was holding an upset child and attempted to bring the child to the ground when they rolled their ankle and sustained a fracture in two places. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee was knocked down while trying to break up a fight between inmates. His head and upper body struck the metal seat of a dining table before he landed on the concrete floor. He suffered head trauma and a shoulder injury.

An employee was watching students perform their daily tasks. A student who had been vacuuming the floor punched the teacher in the chest. She was hospitalized with chest pain, a fast heart rate, and vertigo.

An employee was coming from the patio area to replace a trash can. He was carrying the trash can and walking toward the entrance of the cafeteria when he tripped over the rubber mat that precedes the ramp. He fell to the ground and sustained a torn ligament in his left shoulder.

An employee was standing in the parking lot while waiting for another employee to move a cart with a sign when they were struck by a vehicle, resulting in four fractured ribs.

An employee stepped out of her office, turned to lock the door, turned back, slipped, and fell. She suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized. There were water droplets on the floor from a wet umbrella.

An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a wall inside a multipurpose room. He was running wiring through the walls to install sound equipment. When he reached up to pull a wire, the ladder slid down the wall to the floor. The employee fell on top of the ladder and struck the floor, fracturing multiple bones in his face and his left hip.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.