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An employee was retrieving their purse and keys when they tripped over a cord and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken arm and five broken ribs.

An employee was walking up stairs at a patient's home when they slipped and fell, striking their head on the floor. The employee sustained a concussion.

An employee was walking on an icy surface when they slipped and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a spinal cord injury.

An employee was leaving a client's house when they slipped on stairs that were wet due to rain and fell approximately five feet down the staircase. They sustained a fractured leg.

An employee tripped over a dog while leaving a home, fell to the concrete sidewalk, and suffered a broken hip.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

An employee walked into a door that was propped open and fell to the floor, sustaining an injury to their lower back.

An employee's finger was crushed by a door, resulting in amputation.

An employee was filing paperwork when she fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip and wrist and a forehead laceration.

An employee was assaulted by another employee, suffering contusions to the neck and head and a laceration along the left side of the jaw.

An employee was assisting a patient sit up in bed, turned, and got tangled in the alternating leg pressure cord causing her to trip, but not fall. She sustained neck and back strain.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.