Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Paradise Home Care LLC, 1210 S Abbe Road, ELYRIA, OHIO 44035
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
At 6:40 a.m. on October 10, 2021, an employee entered a client's bathroom, slipped on liquid and fell on the floor, suffering two broken bones under the right knee.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 624120)
On September 10, 2025, an employee was walking up a wooden wheelchair ramp to a back door at a customer's home when she slipped/tripped on a rug and fell into a wall, hitting her shoulder and elbow. She then fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip that required hospitalization.
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An employee was raking leaves at a client's house when they fell down an embankment. The employee landed on the ground and sustained a head/brain injury, a fractured shoulder, and a fractured pelvis.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.