BronxCare Health System

Two employees were working with a combative patient. The patient struck and kicked one of the employees, injuring his face, neck, left ankle, and left upper arm. The employee was hospitalized.

A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

A patient kicked a police officer in the leg, rupturing their patellar tendon. The police officer required hospitalization and surgery.

A cashier was hit in the face by a customer. The employee sustained injuries to his head and face.

An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.

A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.

An employee was walking downhill through a grassy area toward the parking lot where her vehicle was parked. Her foot caught a hole in the ground and she fell, resulting in fractures to her right tibia and fibula.

At about 9:00 a.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee missed a step on a stairway and fell down three flights of stairs. She suffered a broken wrist and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was assisting an emergency room patient when the patient attacked the employee, who suffered a broken patella and tibia.

An employee was standing while working in her room. She had a call, turned, slipped, and fell to the hardwood floor, landing on her hip. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her sacrum and right-side pelvis.

An employee fell while walking to the front door to leave at the end of a shift. She was hospitalized for a hip injury.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

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's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.