Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Nampa

An employee was organizing merchandise in the backroom. She lifted a box of merchandise and when she went to put the box down, she sustained back pain.

An employee was unloading boxes from a shipping container by hand when he felt a pinch in his back. The employee was hospitalized for a subarticular disc protrusion.

An employee was lifting boxes and pails when their back began to hurt. They were hospitalized for two slipped discs and inflammation.

An employee was setting up a meal service for a new hire orientation. The employee was removing food items from a speed rack station and bending to retrieve bowls of food when she sustained a back strain.

An employee was transferring a patient from a chair to a bed and strained their back.

An employee was cleaning an operating room when they slipped and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing their right hip.

An employee was assisting with transferring a patient from the operating room table to a stretcher when she felt a pop in her abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee was performing housekeeping duties when they tripped over a linen cart and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.

An employee was fixing a stretcher that had a loose bolt when the bolt gave way. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

On July 14, 2023, at 2:00 PM, an employee completed some computer work and stood up from her desk. Her foot became caught on an ethernet cord causing her to fall. She was hospitalized with a broken hip.

An employee tripped over a bin and fell to the floor. She landed on her hip and braced herself with her arm, resulting in a fractured hip and wrist.

An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.