Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

An employee was walking to a patient room with a meal tray when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground, fracturing their left femur.

An employee slipped and fell to the floor of the operating room. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair a fractured ankle.

An employee was pushing a housekeeping cart when it collided with a dietary cart, causing the employee to fall and strike her head on the wall. The employee was hospitalized for a left hip injury and a concussion.

An employee was walking behind a machine when they tripped over the cord and fell to the floor, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee has a known allergy to chemically made cinnamon. The employee smelled cinnamon on a coworker and had a severe reaction. The employee was hospitalized.

A patient stood up and then fainted, falling onto an employee. The employee sustained a back injury.

The injured employee tried to catch a co-worker who was having a seizure. Both employees fell to the floor and the injured employee sustained a broken hip.

An employee was cleaning the park and sweeping outside of the front gate. A guest bumped into the employee, causing her to fall and sustain a hip and wrist fracture.

An employee was near a co-worker who was standing on stacked milk crates stocking products. The co-worker began to fall and as the injured employee went to help, her co-worker fell on top of her. The injured employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture.

An employee went to assist a patient walking into the building. The patient fell on the employee and the employee sustained a broken femur.

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 concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.