Emory University

An employee was walking from the information desk to the back office when she fell and sustained a broken leg.

An employee was cutting meat in the cafeteria with a meat slicer when the meat slipped and fell. He reached to catch the meat and his thumb contacted the slicer blade, amputating the tip of his thumb.

A graduate assistant teacher was preparing to run a column chromatograph7 purification wearing a flame retardant lab coat and safety glasses, as well as gloves, long pants and closed toed shoes. A second graduate assistant teacher was sitting at his desk in the same lab at the time. The first teacher struck the bottom of a 4L glass bottle of hexanes on the edge of the bench, while attempting to put the bottle down. The bottom of the bottle sheared off on contact with the bench and the contents spilled onto the ground. Some of the hexane spilled onto the teacher's lab coat, long pants (left leg) and shoe (left foot). After an initial assessment of the spill, the teacher collected absorbent towels and paper towels to begin to contain and clean up the spill. He was assisted by the second teacher who heard the breakage while sitting at his desk. Shortly after the teachers began to contain the spill, it ignited explosively causing a flash fire. Both teachers were burned and admitted to the hospital.

An employee partially amputated the left index finger while using a 9-inch chef's knife to chop food.

A maintenance employee was pulling antenna cables while standing on a 6-foot A-frame ladder when he slipped and fell to the ground below, sustaining a head injury.

An employee had been speaking on phone with a hostile client. The employee experienced chest pain and was hospitalized for a heart attack.

An employee provided CPR during a medical emergency. The recipient died, and the employee went into shock.

An employee had been dealing with a trespasser and had the police onsite. She also had a verbal altercation with a vendor. The employee then suffered cardiac distress.

An employee was verbally harassed by a client and experienced extreme heart palpitations and a spike in blood pressure, requiring hospitalization.

An employee felt ill after a fatality occurred in the workplace, requiring hospitalization for a possible heart problem.

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 helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

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.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.