Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wisteria Place Assisted Living, 3202 Willis Street, ABILENE, TEXAS 79605
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An occupational therapist and was assisting a patient to their room after a therapy session. She noticed another resident was standing out of his wheelchair and went to assist him back into his chair. The resident fell while she was assisting him, and his head struck her left leg below her knee causing a fracture to her left tibial bone. She was admitted to the hospital for surgery.
On September 2, 2025, at 10:00 AM, an employee was assisting a patient when they grabbed onto the employee and pulled her down. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.
An employee was working with an uncooperative patient when the patient fell onto their arm. The employee sustained two fractures to their arm and required surgery.
An employee was helping a patient return to their bed when the patient fell backward onto the employee, landing on her right leg. The employee suffered a closed fracture of the right tibial plateau.
An employee was assisting in a luau event for residents when they ingested dry ice, resulting in chemical burns to the mouth, throat, and stomach. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was providing evening care to assisted-living residents. A resident wrapped his hands around her neck, bruising it, then pushed her against a wall. She was hospitalized and treated for shoulder and neck injuries.
An employee went outside to dispose of oil from a cooking pot into a large dumpster. When dumping the hot oil, it splashed back and burned her right hand. The employee was hospitalized.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.