Indiana Regional Medical Center

An employee was leaving the building and fell down the stairs. The employee sustained a lateral malleolus fracture to the right ankle and a displaced fracture of the medial and lateral malleolus along with subluxation of the left ankle joint.

An employee was walking down the hallway when they tripped and fell to the floor, fracturing their right wrist.

An employee was walking down the hall to retrieve a vacuum when they stumbled and fell to the floor. The employee suffered wrist bruises and a kneecap fracture that required surgery.

An employee was carrying furniture backward during a delivery when he tripped and broke his right ankle.

An employee was installing a compressor piston. He tripped and fell backward while the piston was in his lap. As he landed, the little finger of his left hand became caught between the piston and compressor piping resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee required stitches and the fingertip was reattached.

An employee was doing an oil change. He was walking to get his oil jug when he tripped on an open lift pad, and fell to the ground landing on his right side. The employee sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning an operating room when they slipped and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing their right hip.

An employee was assisting with transferring a patient from the operating room table to a stretcher when she felt a pop in her abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee was performing housekeeping duties when they tripped over a linen cart and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.

An employee was fixing a stretcher that had a loose bolt when the bolt gave way. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

On July 14, 2023, at 2:00 PM, an employee completed some computer work and stood up from her desk. Her foot became caught on an ethernet cord causing her to fall. She was hospitalized with a broken 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.