NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

An employee was feeding a caged primate. The primate bit the employee's right little finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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 fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

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.