Fall on same level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pecan Grove Training Center Main Ofc, 5000 3rd Street, ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA 71302
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a client's bathroom when she fell and struck her head against the bathtub, resulting in a head injury.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was working on a hitch, using a hydraulic vise to hold it in place. His left index finger was caught between the vise and the hitch, and his fingertip was crushed. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was transporting a resident in his care in a work van when he was assaulted by the resident. The employee was hospitalized with a broken neck and an inability to swallow.
An employee had just completed his building check during a security round and was walking down the steps to the sidewalk. As the employee stepped onto the sidewalk, he slipped on ice and fell, resulting in a concussion and bruising of the cervical spine. The employee was hospitalized.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/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.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.