The Arc of Union County

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 walking on a ramp when her ankle rolled off the ramp and she fell forward off the ramp, landing on her right knee and right shoulder. She sustained fractures to her left ankle, right knee, and right shoulder.

An employee and two volunteers were constructing a fence at a jobsite when they were victims of an armed robbery. The employee suffered bullet wounds to the his right forearm, left little and ring fingers, lower abdomen, chest, neck, and cheek, resulting in hospitalization and multiple surgeries. One of the volunteers also suffered gunshot injuries and was treated and released.

An employee was walking toward the gym when she fell and and struck a bench. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

An employee fell from ladder to the ground and sustained multiple injuries. He was climbing from a stairwell platform to access the roof hatch to assess the HVAC unit. The distance from the platform to the roof is 12 feet. As he was climbing through the roof hatch the ladder slid from its position and the employee fell backward, head first onto the ladder that had become wedged between the stairwell walls. His left leg/boot became caught in one of the ladder rungs and he was suspended from the ladder. He managed to free his left foot before landing on the stairwell platform. He was found on the floor, lying on his back with a portion of the ladder on top of him and experienced pain in his left shoulder and left arm.

An employee was putting glasses away after their shift at the bar. A glass fell from the shelf and struck the employee's right wrist. The glass broke and lacerated an artery, two tendons, and a nerve in the wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.