Veterans Health Administration

An employee was turning his bicycle when he lost traction on wet pavement and the bike slid out from under him. He fell on his right side, suffering a broken right hip that required surgery.

An employee was working in a building and suffered an allergic reaction to a chemical and was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

An employee was walking down a hallway when they stepped on a small puddle of liquid and fell backward onto their left leg, resulting in a broken left femur.

An employee was on a 10-foot ladder replacing a fan motor on an HVAC system. While removing the guard to facilitate maintenance, the guard slipped. As the employee tired to grab it, their left hand fingers were caught between the belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and fractures and lacerations to the middle and ring fingers.

An employee was using a fire escape when he slipped on the stairs that were wet due to rain. The employee fell down several stairs, hit his head, and injured his right hand.

Three employees were working on a steam pipe. They had depressurized the line and cut it. As they were preparing to replace the broken pipe section, one of them was struck by pressurized hot water and/or steam, which burned his right arm, chest, and back. He was hospitalized.

An employee was pushing a cart when they stopped to assist someone. As they turned around, they fell backward down the stairs with a box and hand truck landing on top of him. The employee was hospitalized and sustained rib fractures, a hematoma, and a compression fracture/spinal injury.

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.