VA Caribbean Healthcare System

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 working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was performing janitorial duties on the 15th floor of a building that was under construction. She began having trouble breathing. The employee was hospitalized with lung irritation caused by dust.

An employee was sweeping in an area with powdered PVC on the floor and began having difficulty breathing and coughing up blood, The employee was hospitalized for inhalation of PVC.

An anhydrous ammonia cloud from a flare descended into the vicinity of multiple employees. One of the exposed employees was hospitalized.

Employees were exposed to a vapor cloud of anhydrous ammonia. Two employees suffered respiratory distress and were hospitalized.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee slipped on water in a hospital hallway, fell, and landed on his left hip. He suffered a contusion and fracture to the hip.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

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 using a table saw to make wooden door stoppers when the wood kicked back and the blade caught part of their left hand, impacting two fingers and amputating one finger. The saw was unguarded at the time of the incident.

At about 1:20 p.m. on September 26, 2022, an employee was inspecting a house that was being remodeled when he fell through an opening on the second floor where stairs were going to be constructed. He struck some scaffolding and landed on the first floor. He suffered injuries to the right wrist, right elbow, left leg/knee, neck, and mid- to lower back. He also suffered five broken left-side ribs and bruised/collapsed lungs.

An employee driving a yard truck was parking the container when the container began to overturn, causing the cabin to bounce several times with the employee inside. He was hospitalized with three broken ribs, internal bleeding in his liver and head, and bruises on his face and head. He was hospitalized.

An employee was hospitalized when he suffered electrical shock while servicing a school's HVAC system, causing burns to his hands and chest pains.