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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Healthcare Services Group Inc.

Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Concussions

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Healthcare Services Group Inc., Churchman Village, NEWARK, DELAWARE 19713 on — Concussions, affecting the brain.

An employee suffered a health-related incident that caused her to pass out against a wall and then fall backwards onto a concrete floor. She was hospitalized with a head contusion and concussion.

Hospitalized Brain Floor, n.e.c.

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.

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

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.

Healthcare Services Group, Inc

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.

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

An employee was removing boiling water from the stovetop when they dropped it and the water spilled onto their lower body, resulting in burns.

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Abbott-Action, Inc.

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.

United States Postal Service

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.

Millennium Mat Company

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.

Publix Super Markets, Inc.

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.

NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bay Ridge

An employee was walking down the hallway when their leg gave out and they lost their balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a left hip fracture.

Medfleet, Inc.

Two employees were doing emergency medical service work. Their ambulance was leaking exhaust, and both employees developed carbon monoxide poisoning. Both were hospitalized.

Independence First

An employee was walking down the stairs while carrying laundry when they missed a step and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.

KEYSTONE QUALITY TRANSPORT

An employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

MaineHealth

An employee was going to a training course, fell down the stairs to the ground, and sustained a left hip fracture.

Greggo & Ferrara, Inc.

A flagger was directing traffic flow in a highway work zone. They were standing approximately 1.5 feet behind the shoulder's demarcating line, next to and slightly behind a traffic drum. As they were directing traffic into and out of the driveway of a parking lot, a car attempted to get around a truck and struck the traffic drum, which subsequently struck the employee, who was thrown 15 feet and landed on top of concrete aggregate. The employee suffered pelvic and rib fractures, T10 and L3 vertebra fractures, and internal bleeding.

GREGGO AND FERRARA, INC.

An employee was troubleshooting a power washer in the field. Because there might have been water in its fuel, he brought it back to the shop and drained about a gallon of fuel from the tank into a plastic container. Some of the fuel spilled onto the floor and ignited. The employee was stomping out the fire when he lost his balance and tripped into a stool, which caused the plastic container to spill more fuel onto the fire. The employee's pants and shirt caught on fire, and he fell, abrading his knee while trying to get through the flames. As well as the knee abrasion, he suffered burns to the left leg and left lower quadrant of the torso. He was hospitalized.

CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

An employee was backing up a tram (towing powered industrial equipment) to connect it to a trash bin. The employee's left forearm/wrist was caught and crushed between the tram and the bin. The employee was hospitalized.

HomeGoods ,LLC-Newark, DE

An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

NKS Distributors

An employee was conducting a delivery of beverage products and began having cramps due to dehydration. The employee was hospitalized.