Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ResCare Community Living Services, 1605 George Dieter, EL PASO, TEXAS 79936
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was transferring a patient into a transportation vehicle when he fell and the patient then fell on top of him. The employee suffered a fracture in the the lower left leg, resulting in hospitalization.
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 hanging streamers in the warehouse for a party. The employee fell from the second rung of a ladder to the cement floor 2.5 feet below, suffering a broken right ankle.
An employee was walking up the sidewalk to go up two steps into a building to visit clients. She tripped on the uneven sidewalk and fell up the steps, resulting in a broken ankle that required hospitalization.
The injured employee was assisting with removing a metal pole used for a basketball hoop. Employees had cut down the pole to almost ground level. They put a tow rope around the remaining pole and hooked it to the hitch of a pickup truck to pull it out of the ground. The injured employee was standing by the pole to guide the rope. When the pole came out of the ground, it swung up and struck the injured employee on the left side above his waist and the right side of his head. He was knocked to the ground and his left calf was scraped. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and lacerations. He required surgery.
Employees were working to block a client from eloping. The client and employees were running down the hall when the client pushed the injured employee, causing her to fall and slide into a steel doorframe. The employee sustained an injury to her left arm/shoulder.
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.