Hospice of Orange-Sullivan County

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee collected rags in a housekeeping closet. They were finishing up their shift and traversing to a locker room with a wheeled garbage cart. The employee fell to the floor and struck their right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was getting up from her chair when she twisted her left ankle and then injured her right foot while falling. The employee was hospitalized with a closed displaced trimalleolar fracture of the right ankle.

An employee was setting chains to secure a concrete barrier to a front-end loader. The chain became twisted and lost slack. The concrete barricade fell on the employee's left foot, causing a partial amputation to a toe.

On December 2, 2024, an employee was exiting a patient room while her foot was entangled in the wires of a sonograph machine and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a non-displaced fracture to her left femoral neck.

An employee was cleaning a daily room. She walked in and took trash out from the trash can. She then took a step back and her right shoe got stuck/stayed gripped on the floor, causing her to fall on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip and required surgery for her right wrist.

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.