Department of Veterans Affairs

An employee's new steel-toe boots rubbed on the skin of his calves, causing an abrasion on the left calf that became infected. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a hip/pelvic fracture.

An employee was working on an HVAC system replacing a belt on an exhaust fan. The cover to the exhaust fan was on his left on the roof surface. The employee took a picture of his completed work, and stepped to the left when his pants caught on the edge of the exhaust fan cover. He then fell backwards onto a rooftop access hatch. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae and four broken ribs.

An employee slipped and fell on the sidewalk due to icy conditions, breaking the lower left leg in three places.

An employee was exiting the rear door of the hospital. A gust of wind caused the door to smash his hand between two arms of the closer creating a pinch point. The employee lost the tip of his right middle finger.

A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

A patient kicked a police officer in the leg, rupturing their patellar tendon. The police officer required hospitalization and surgery.

A cashier was hit in the face by a customer. The employee sustained injuries to his head and face.

An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.

A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.

A doctor was sitting on a rolling stool when it moved out from under him. He fell, landed on his left hip, and suffered a broken left femur. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee entered a resident's room at 8:13 p.m., and was passing medication to the patient when they slipped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury that required surgery.

An employee tripped on a pallet and fell onto his right side, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.

An employee was getting items out of her vehicle when she tripped on her bag and fell to the ground. The employee's arm and lower leg were fractured.

An employee was walking through the department when she tripped and fell over the corner of a pallet. She landed on her right side and sustained a right nondisplaced humerus fracture and multiple nondisplaced rib fractures, resulting in hospitalization.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.