Home Care Assistance

An employee was attempting to lift a patient off the ground. The patient tried to help and pushed himself back onto the employee. The employee fell over the curb and the patient landed on top of him, resulting in knee injuries that required hospitalization.

An employee was moving a patient off one bed and onto another using a draw sheet to assist the patient with a "log roll." The patient rolled off the bed and onto the employee, pinning the employee's leg underneath. They sustained a right lower leg fracture.

An employee stood in front of a patient with their hands under the patient's arms in order to lift them. During the lift, the patient pulled their feet up and grabbed the employee's neck causing injury to the employee's T1 and T2 vertebrae.

An employee was helping a patient sit up. The patient grabbed the employee by the neck, and the employee suffered a herniated disk with nerve compression. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was returning a client to bed from the shower. The employee slipped and the client rolled out of the bed, landing on the employee's leg and fracturing the patella and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.

An employee was seated in the living room of a patient's residence, waiting for the patient to arrive home from school. The school bus driver honked the horn, signaling that the patient was ready to be assisted off the bus. The employee stood up and then tripped and fell over a rug and possibly the edge of an ottoman. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus at the shoulder.

An employee was assisting a client when the client fell on top of the employee. The employee's hip was fractured.

An employee was retrieving their purse and keys when they tripped over a cord and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken arm and five broken ribs.

An employee was carrying two bags of laundry down some steps. She missed a step and tumbled forward, suffering a neck injury. She was hospitalized.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.