An employee was standing up from a chair and twisted an ankle, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee sustained an intertrochanteric fracture of the right femur.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Chairs, single-person seating
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
A doctor was sitting on a rolling stool when it moved out from under him. He fell, landed on his left hip, and suffered a broken left femur. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee went to sit on a chair when it rolled out from under her, causing her to fall to the floor and strike her head. The employee was hospitalized with a closed fracture to a thoracic vertebra.
An employee was validating receipts at the drive thru at the bank. While reaching for the validator, the employee slipped out of her chair, striking the back of her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained trauma to her head.
An employee had been sitting at a desk. While standing up from the desk, her feet became caught in a wire that was under the desk, causing her to fall out of her chair. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 621340)
On March 21, 2024, an employee was descending the indoor, carpeted stairs of a patient's residence when their heel slipped on the second-to-last step and they fell down the steps onto their left side. This resulted in injuries to their right knee, left shoulder, and bruising on their left big toe.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.