Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Friends Hospital, 4641 E Roosevelt Boulevard, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19124
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking through the outdoor courtyard when she fell to the floor and fractured her tibia and fibula. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking into work when they fell to the ground at the base of the entry stairs, resulting in a neck injury, a blood clot in her neck, and a spinal cord injury that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
On February 22, 2015, a patient microwaved a cup of coffee. The patient then threw this hot cup of coffee into the face of the injured employee. The employee sustained burns to his face and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was walking into a unit on the hospital campus when she tripped in a dip in a grass area and broke her ankle. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
An employee was providing a therapeutic escort for an agitated patient. The patient began fighting and bit off the employee's fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was called to the emergency department to assist with de-escalating a patient. During the incident, the patient pulled a firearm out of their bag and began shooting. The employee was shot in the torso. They were hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.