Bethesda Lutheran Communities

An employee had been speaking on phone with a hostile client. The employee experienced chest pain and was hospitalized for a heart attack.

An employee provided CPR during a medical emergency. The recipient died, and the employee went into shock.

An employee had been dealing with a trespasser and had the police onsite. She also had a verbal altercation with a vendor. The employee then suffered cardiac distress.

An employee was verbally harassed by a client and experienced extreme heart palpitations and a spike in blood pressure, requiring hospitalization.

An employee felt ill after a fatality occurred in the workplace, requiring hospitalization for a possible heart problem.

An employee was pushing an oxygen concentrator when she tripped over the base of a whirlpool chair. She fell onto her left hip and broke it.

An employee was working on a hitch, using a hydraulic vise to hold it in place. His left index finger was caught between the vise and the hitch, and his fingertip was crushed. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was transporting a resident in his care in a work van when he was assaulted by the resident. The employee was hospitalized with a broken neck and an inability to swallow.

During maintenance work on an exterior fan, wind gusts caused the fan to rotate. The fan pulley system amputated two of an employee's fingers.

An employee had just completed his building check during a security round and was walking down the steps to the sidewalk. As the employee stepped onto the sidewalk, he slipped on ice and fell, resulting in a concussion and bruising of the cervical spine. The employee was hospitalized.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.