Hackensack Meridian Health

An employee was pulling a pallet jack when they felt a strain in their abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee tripped and fell while following a patient who was trying to leave the emergency department. The employee suffered a collapsed lung.

An employee attending a company going away party had an allergic reaction to latex balloons.

An employee was hospitalized after experiencing trouble breathing and chest pain due to pesticide and carpet cleaner used in the facility.

An employee was helping move a trauma patient to a gurney. The patient began to wake up and kicked the employee, who suffered a spleen laceration and was hospitalized.

An employee was monitoring paperwork in an office when they were exposed to dust from concrete grinding and chipping. The employee sustained fungal pneumonia.

At about 1:00 p.m. on April 25, 2022, an employee was using a gas-powered trowel to finish concrete in the basement of a residential structure. The injured employee developed a headache, having inhaled carbon monoxide from the trowel.

Two chemicals were mixed together and produced vapors; the employee inhaled them and suffered breathing problems.

An employee had an asthma attack while operating a two-saw edger.

An employee left work and was admitted to the hospital for asthma issues.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

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 slipped on water in a hospital hallway, fell, and landed on his left hip. He suffered a contusion and fracture to the hip.

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.

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 tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.