Virtua Medical Transport

On November 18, 2023, at approximately 8:30 a.m., an employee was loading products onto a delivery truck. The employee lost footing and sustained a torn hamstring and a hematoma with nerve damage to his foot/leg.

An employee was carrying a pipe when it slipped from their hand. As they reached to grab it while it was falling, they felt a muscle pull. The employee was hospitalized for an abdominal hernia.

On August 21, 2023, an employee was reaching for product on the shelf in the cooler when their back gave out. The employee was hospitalized for an exacerbation of bulging disks.

An employee was vacuuming the inside of a used car when they sustained a lower back strain during the repetitive work, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was shooting studs with a 30-pound deck gun. As he twisted to reach an area of decking, he suffered a back injury. Later in the afternoon, he was hospitalized.

An employee exited the ambulance van she had been driving and went to lower the hydraulic wheelchair ramp/lift on the side of the vehicle. The lift would not lower into position. She went around to enter the van to continue troubleshooting the lift when the van began to roll backward as the employee was partially out of the driver s side door. She reached in to stop the vehicle but the transmission shifted into reverse. The van turned and backed across a residential street, dragging the employee approximately 15 feet until it went up on a curb and the employee s left leg was pulled under the left front tire. She was hospitalized with fractures to her right wrist, right hand, and left fibula.

An employee was responding to an emergency call at the end of a pier when they stepped into a gap in the pier boards, resulting in a broken tibia, fibula, and ankle.

On February 19, 2025, an employee was stepping off a 4-foot metal table when he lost footing and fell to the concrete shop floor, resulting in a hip injury.

An employee was getting into the ambulance after responding to a call, slipped on the wet running board and fell to the ground. The employee struck their head and sustained a concussion.

An employee was lifting a patient weighing approximately 400 lbs. and fractured their L5 vertebra, requiring hospitalization.

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.