Jan-Care Ambulance of Raleigh County, Inc.

On October 17, 2025, an employee suffered a lower back injury while lifting a patient. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was turning and repositioning a patient when they strained their lower back. The employee was hospitalized with a herniated disc.

An employee was lifting a patient from a wheelchair (assisting patient to a standing position) and sustained overexertion injuries to her back. The injuries affected multiple lower extremities and the employee sustained bulging discs at L3-L5. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered a back strain while moving a nursing care resident. She was hospitalized.

An employee assisted with repositioning a patient in bed using a drawsheet. After repositioning the patient, the employee felt lower back pain and had weakness in her legs. The employee sustained a herniated disc.

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 unloading a metal rolling cart from a truck to the loading dock when they fell off the liftgate to the ground. The employee sustained a right fourth rib fracture and displacement as well as a lung contusion.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.