Evergreen Retirement Community

An employee was working to de-escalate an aggressive patient in the hallway when they were attacked, suffering a concussion and bruised ribs.

An employee was working to draw blood from a patient. After sticking the patient's right arm, the patient kicked the employee in the stomach and used his left hand to strike the right side of the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for an injury to their intestine.

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

An employee was in a common area with staff and residents when a resident attacked them, resulting in a fractured leg.

An employee was watching students perform their daily tasks. A student who had been vacuuming the floor punched the teacher in the chest. She was hospitalized with chest pain, a fast heart rate, and vertigo.

An employee was taking boxes out to a dumpster when she tripped on a stick on the pavement and fell onto her right side. The employee suffered a fractured right hip and a sprain to the right wrist and was hospitalized.

An employee slipped on mud in a parking lot and fell, landing on her left side. She suffered a fracture of the left hip and wrist.

An employee tripped at a point on a floor where hardwood changed to carpet. The employee suffered a broken neck vertebra and face lacerations.

An employee was departing work when they fell on the sidewalk. They were hospitalized with a broken right hip.

An employee was walking up to a patient's home when she lost her balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.