Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sanford Bismarck, 300 North Seventh Street, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 58501
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee performing patient care tripped and fell over a blanket to the floor, resulting in a broken left hip that required hospitalization.
An employee was walking around a corner when their foot got caught in a scanner cord that was draped down and she fell to the floor, breaking her left hip and requiring surgery.
An employee was checking for supplies on a loading dock. The employee tripped over a curb stop on the dock and fell, suffering a hip/upper femur injury.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.