Mercy Health

An employee was walking up a carpeted ramp after clocking in for her shift when she tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured femur that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was on the phone with his supervisor when a patient walked up and punched him. The employee was knocked to the floor and the patient kicked him multiple times causing injuries to his head, left cheek, left eye, mouth, and right hand. The employee sustained a traumatic brain injury/concussion and a left periorbital edema.

An employee was descending a ladder after installing the sliding rail for a pocket door. His right foot twisted and he fell backward from the last rung and struck his back on the corner of a counter. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to three of the ribs on his left side.

An employee slipped on ice while checking the pressure on oxygen tanks. The employee fell, struck their head, and suffered an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage.

An employee was walking down a hallway pushing a phlebotomy cart when they fell and fractured their right hip.

An employee went into anaphylactic shock after exposure to a dog at work.

An employee was in a wash bay using an alkaline chemical cleaner to clean truck beds. The employee began experiencing lip numbness and facial and eye redness. The employee also experienced breathing difficulties, resulting in hospitalization.

A nurse in the intensive care unit was treating a patient with an infection when they contracted the infection and were hospitalized.

On February 15, 2023, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee laid her head down on a desk and then noticed that her face and tongue were swollen. She later had trouble breathing while driving home. The employee was hospitalized for a potential allergic reaction.

An employee used a water-repellant chemical and experienced respiratory distress. 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 slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee slipped on water in a hospital hallway, fell, and landed on his left hip. He suffered a contusion and fracture to the hip.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left 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.

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.