Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sarah Bush Lincoln, 1215 N Main Street, SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS 62565
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped on ice walking outside the north exit and fell resulting in a broken patella and hospitalization.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 621498)
An employee collected rags in a housekeeping closet. They were finishing up their shift and traversing to a locker room with a wheeled garbage cart. The employee fell to the floor and struck their right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
An employee was getting up from her chair when she twisted her left ankle and then injured her right foot while falling. The employee was hospitalized with a closed displaced trimalleolar fracture of the right ankle.
An employee was setting chains to secure a concrete barrier to a front-end loader. The chain became twisted and lost slack. The concrete barricade fell on the employee's left foot, causing a partial amputation to a toe.
On December 2, 2024, an employee was exiting a patient room while her foot was entangled in the wires of a sonograph machine and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a non-displaced fracture to her left femoral neck.
An employee was cleaning a daily room. She walked in and took trash out from the trash can. She then took a step back and her right shoe got stuck/stayed gripped on the floor, causing her to fall on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip and required surgery for her right wrist.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.