Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SalusCare, Inc., 3763 Evans Avenue, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA 33901
on — Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
A nurse was attacked by a patient in a care unit. She suffered a cut to the forehead, a bruised elbow, eye injuries, and injuries to the head area and was hospitalized.
A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.
A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 621420)
An employee fell sideways down a flight of 15 stairs. The employee suffered a concussion, at least four rib fractures, a broken tailbone, a skull fracture, and a punctured lung.
An employee was providing care to patients when another patient attempted to enter the room and attacked the employee. She was kicked, punched, and thrown to the ground. The employee sustained a concussion and was knocked unconscious. The employee was hospitalized for injuries that included a broken collar bone, broken ribs, and a punctured lung.
An employee was riding a horse when it spooked, bucked, and threw the employee off its back. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and internal bleeding and they were hospitalized.
An employee was walking down a set of stairs when they fell. The employee sustained injuries to their neck, back, and shoulders. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.