Children's National Hospital

A doctor was working with a patient. When the patient was told that they would need continued treatment, the patient assaulted the doctor. The doctor fell to the floor and sustained a back injury.

An employee was walking down the metal stairs from the palletizing room when he fell backward onto the steps. He sustained two left rib fractures that required hospitalization.

An employee was removing T-posts from the ground when he tripped and fell on his left arm, resulting in an elbow fracture that required hospitalization.

An employee was stepping out of or into a vehicle when their foot became stuck between the curb and the vehicle, causing the employee to fall and sustain an ankle fracture.

An employee fell to the floor when her shoelace was caught on a drawer near her desk. The employee was hospitalized; she sustained a non-displaced femoral neck injury.

An employee was setting up for an event and carrying gates downhill. As the employee side-stepped down the slope, their right leg became caught in the compacted snow. The employee's momentum continued forward and their right leg remained fixed in the snow, causing fractures of the right tibia and fibula.

An employee was walking into work when they tripped on a rock and fell forward to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right patella and required surgery.

An employee was helping to restrain a patient when his right ankle rolled, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was helping to move a patient in the endoscopy room. After helping the patient into the bed, she went to stand back up and struck the back of her head on the C-arm table attached to the hospital bed. The employee sustained a concussion.

An employee was taking an x-ray using a portable x-ray machine. The employee was adjusting a cartridge under a patient and felt abdominal pain. The employee sustained an incarcerated hernia.

An employee slipped while cleaning up spilled eggs and landed on their left knee. The knee was broken.

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing a scaffold when he slipped and fell 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.