Memorial Hermann Health System

A nurse was distributing medications when they tripped over cords in a patient's room and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was performing maintenance on an air handler by placing lubricant on a pulley. Their right glove was caught between a leather belt and the metal pulley, resulting in an amputation to the fifth finger.

An employee was disposing of patient care items when they tripped on a wire and fell, resulting in fractures to their left wrist, kneecap, and femur.

An employee was walking when his shoe got caught in the carpet and he fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the head and arm.

An employee was leaving a room when the door shut on her right middle finger and latched. She suffered a fracture and an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was removing a hose from a chemical tank after filling the tank with hexamethylenediamine (HMD). He checked the line to ensure that the hose was clear, then disconnected the hose at the connection. Residual chemical sprayed onto his face, causing a second-degree burn. He was hospitalized.

A shipping/receiving operator was working on a loading rack, loading a railcar. A 2-inch discharge cap failed and released pressure along with sulfuric acid from the railcar. The acid sprayed onto the employee, who suffered burns to the chest and the lower facial area. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pressure washing truck scales when they were splashed with water and an unknown chemical on their leg and immediately experienced a burning sensation. The employee was hospitalized with a chemical burn and required surgery.

An employee was on a ladder disconnecting a 1-inch hose, known to have last carried acrylic acid that had been drained. When the hose was disconnected, residual acid dripped onto the employee's shoulder/arm area, causing a second-degree chemical burn.

Employees were removing scaffolding that was used to repair an ion exchange tank. The line was undergoing the regen process when a piece of scaffold struck a PVC pipe that transported hydrochloric acid (HCl). The injured employee was placing material inside a scaffold rack when he was sprayed in the face with HCl and sustained chemical burns to his eyes, face, chest, right arm, and left leg.

An employee was walking downhill through a grassy area toward the parking lot where her vehicle was parked. Her foot caught a hole in the ground and she fell, resulting in fractures to her right tibia and fibula.

At about 9:00 a.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee missed a step on a stairway and fell down three flights of stairs. She suffered a broken wrist and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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

An employee was standing while working in her room. She had a call, turned, slipped, and fell to the hardwood floor, landing on her hip. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her sacrum and right-side pelvis.

An employee fell while walking to the front door to leave at the end of a shift. She was hospitalized for a hip injury.

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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.