Kettering Medical Center

An employee was unloading a rack of intravenous (IV) pumps from a truck when two of the four wheels became stuck on the lip of the truck ramp. Two other employees came to assist. One employee went to raise the ramp while the other two lifted the rack to free the wheels. The rack became free and began to go down the ramp and into the loading dock. While the rack was moving down the ramp, it turned sideways and flipped over, landing on the injured employee. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured T12 vertebra.

An employee tripped while sitting and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a facial laceration and a broken neck vertebra.

An employee slipped on ice and fell while walking on the loading dock, breaking the left hip.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

After finishing a procedure in the operating room, an employee turned to leave the room and fell on the floor, sustaining a fractured right wrist.

An employee was draping a patient in the cardiac catheterization lab when he tripped over the x-ray paddle cable and fell to the floor, fracturing his right hip.

On January 4, 2024, an employee slipped on ice and frost on a ramp outside a building. She fell to the ground and suffered a broken hip, which required surgery.

An employee was preparing an exam room for a patient. The employee tripped over a trash can, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken right hip.

An employee was walking through the parking lot to go into work when she slipped on ice and fell. The employee sustained a subdural hematoma and was hospitalized.

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.