Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Healthcare Services Group, Inc., Manor Care - York North, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17408
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was delivering clothing to patients when the employee's knee gave out. The employee fell to the floor and broke the right femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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More severe injuries at Healthcare Services Group, Inc.
An employee was walking out of a resident's room they had cleaned. The employee slipped on water and fell forward onto the floor, landing on their hands and knees. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.
An employee was placing an item in the sink when the water caused the hot oil to pop and burn her face. The employee sustained second-degree burns to her face.
An employee was walking into a laundry room when their foot got caught on the loop of a pad for a patient lift that was draped over the side of a basket. The employee tripped and fell, resulting in a broken hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee opened an office door, then moved away from it, at which point their left little finger was crushed in the door frame. The employee suffered an open wound to the finger with a nailbed injury, an exposed tendon, and a fracture, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was walking when they slipped in some water but didn't fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken blood vessel in his right calf.
On August 6, 2025, an employee was placing cardboard into a cardboard compactor when his right middle and index fingertips were amputated. The employee was hospitalized for hand surgery.
An employee was performing sheet pressing. The employee reached down to the right to get a sheet. The damp sheets were heavy and the employee placed his left arm on the lower presser. The employee reached to remove the cover from the bin to get a sheet when the unguarded switch was inadvertently activated causing the presser to actuate the upper press. The upper presser closed down on the employee's arm resulting in hospitalization with burns.
An employee was fixing a steam leak from a boiler. He used rope to secure the manhole cover while venting residual steam from the manhole opening. When he released tension on the rope, the manhole cover dropped into the tank and splashed hot water onto the employee. He sustained first- and second-degree burns to his right arm and first-degree burns to his upper chest.
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.