Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tampa General Hospital, 1 Tampa General Circle, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33606
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking in the break room when they slipped on water that had been spilled on the floor, resulting in a fractured right patella.
An employee was walking through a parking garage when their foot became caught on a chain, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee's right ankle was broken.
An employee was preparing to help a patient on a stretcher get from a helicopter to an emergency room. The employee walked up a ramp to a helipad when he slipped and fell backward, landing on his back and striking his head on the helipad. He then tumbled off the helipad and contacted the safety fence surrounding the helipad. The employee suffered a compression fracture of his L2 vertebra.
An employee was carrying a laundry bag of linens when they slipped on linen or the laundry bag and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right patella.
Employees were working in the sterilization department. A motor which controlled the ventilation of ethylene oxide failed. Six employees were hospitalized for exposure to ethylene oxide.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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