Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Crothall Healthcare, 1055 Saxon Boulevard, ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA 32763
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
On August 25, 2021, an employee slipped on liquid on an operating room floor, fell, and suffered a broken right femur. She was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning a patient room and went to lock the wheel of a recliner when they missed the lock, lost their balance, and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both legs and their pelvis.
An employee was leaving at the end of their shift when they tripped over a parking bollard that was missing the top half. They fell to the ground and fractured their hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
On March 4, 2022, an employee was walking toward a shelf when her right foot twisted inward. She lost her balance and fell forward to the floor, suffering a broken left elbow and bruising to the right hand and left hip.
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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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.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.