NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

An employee fell down a flight of stairs and injured both knees, requiring surgery.

An employee was taking a Rhesus monkey out of the rig. She was unfastening the last head post when the monkey bit her right small finger.

A nurse was backing away from a bed ridden patient and tripped on a portable computer resulting in a fractured vertebrae.

An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.

On December 19, 2023, an employee entered a cat kennel to remove a litter box and food and water dishes. The employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand. She noticed swelling the next day, resulting in hospitalization.

A letter carrier was delivering mail when a dog attacked him. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was assisting a doctor with treating a dog when the dog bit them on their face near their eye.

An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.

An employee was taking two bags of trash out to the dumpster when she tripped and fell, striking her shoulder on a railing. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the shoulder.

An employee was using a mobility scooter to traverse a hallway. They turned around in the doorway of an automatic door. It started closing and struck the mobility scooter causing it to tip over and land on the employee. The employee sustained a broken femur.

An employee was walking to another area and opening a door when she fell to the ground. The employee sustained abrasions to her nose, forehead, and chin, as well as fractured wrists.

An employee was standing on a ladder installing a fluorescent light bulb ballast when he contacted a live wire and received an electrical shock to his left hand, causing him to fall from the ladder to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with an electrical shock and burns to his left hand, as well as fractures to his right tibia and distal right radius. The wire was not deenergized or locket out/tagged out.

An employee was walking in a parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell, resulting in a broken lower right leg and twisted ankle.

An employee was closing a gun locker in his automobile trunk when his left middle finger was partially amputated by the lid.

An employee was ascending a flight of stairs after exiting their vehicle in an adjacent employee parking lot. The employee stepped to the right to avoid another employee on the left who was descending the stairs. The employee lost their balance and fell on the stairs. They were hospitalized with a laceration/abrasion to their chin, a fractured left humerus, and bruising to their left knee.

A mail handler was moving BMCs on the loading dock when they fell from the loading dock to the concrete ground below. The employee was hospitalized with head trauma.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder while preforming demolition of a ceiling. A section of HVAC ductwork fell on the employee and knocked them to the ground approximately 12 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and lacerations.

On the morning of July 24, 2025, an employee was conducting synthesis of a highly toxic experimental chemical (nerve agent) in a chemical fume hood. The operation was completed at approximately 11:30 AM. The employee was exposed to the chemical and began experiencing symptoms of illness/poisoning around 1:30 PM and was hospitalized.