Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Retirement Services LLC

An employee was stung by a bee and suffered an allergic reaction including arm and hand swelling. She was hospitalized.

An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.

An employee was bitten by a copperhead snake while loading firewood.

An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was stung multiple times by bees while they were in a field. He suffered a severe allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

An employee was picking up brush and debris for storm restorations when their left index finger was bitten by a copperhead snake.

An employee was taking boxes out to a dumpster when she tripped on a stick on the pavement and fell onto her right side. The employee suffered a fractured right hip and a sprain to the right wrist and was hospitalized.

An employee slipped on mud in a parking lot and fell, landing on her left side. She suffered a fracture of the left hip and wrist.

An employee tripped at a point on a floor where hardwood changed to carpet. The employee suffered a broken neck vertebra and face lacerations.

An employee was departing work when they fell on the sidewalk. They were hospitalized with a broken right hip.

An employee was walking up to a patient's home when she lost her balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.