The Center for Discovery

An employee was transferring a resident from a seat to their wheelchair when the back of her sneaker caught on a lip of the floor threshold. The employee fell backward to the ground and the resident fell on top of her. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg and required surgery.

An employee had been standing in the bed of a pickup truck, shoveling salt out to de-ice walkways. After jumping down off the truck he lost consciousness and fell to the ground, striking his head on the concrete. He suffered a head injury and minor brain bleeding, and was hospitalized.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

An employee was in a one-person mobile scaffold, changing light bulbs in a church sanctuary ceiling. The scaffold fell over and the employee (who was secured in the lift basket) fell about 15 feet onto pews. He suffered broken ribs and a broken right arm; he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was walking to meet with a pilot when they were struck by a helicopter blade, resulting in a skull fracture.

An employee was sitting with a client in a dental exam room. When she stood up at the end of the appointment, her foot got caught on a cord that operates the dental hand pieces, causing her to trip and fall to the floor on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur and required surgery.

An employee was on a ladder, adjusting a security camera outside a building. He fell from the ladder, landed on the ground on his back, and suffered head and back injuries that caused him to lose consciousness. He was hospitalized.

An employee was pushing a lawn mower on a slope when he slipped and his left foot went under the mower deck and contacted the blade. The employee sustained an amputation of the first toe.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.