Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brookdale Senior Living, 1100 Grandon Way, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17050
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee walked through the doorway from a kitchen to a dining area and tripped over a mat measuring 4 feet by 6 feet. The employee fell and suffered a broken left hip and a laceration to the face that required stitches.
A resident in a senior living facility lunged at an employee and knocked her down. Her head struck the floor and she lost consciousness. She was hospitalized.
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An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
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An employee went outside to dispose of oil from a cooking pot into a large dumpster. When dumping the hot oil, it splashed back and burned her right hand. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
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An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.