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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 walking up stairs at a patient's home when they slipped and fell, striking their head on the floor. The employee sustained a concussion.

An employee was walking on an icy surface when they slipped and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a spinal cord injury.

An employee was leaving a client's house when they slipped on stairs that were wet due to rain and fell approximately five feet down the staircase. They sustained a fractured leg.

An employee tripped over a dog while leaving a home, fell to the concrete sidewalk, and suffered a broken hip.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

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 helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.