Fall while sitting · Sprains, strains, tears unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, 2160 Woodfall Drive, CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS 61920
on — Sprains, strains, tears unspecified, affecting the Back lumbar region.
Final narrative
On June 6, 2025, an employee tripped over a chair leg while getting up from a desk. The employee fell into a door and onto their tailbone, suffering a contusion and a strain to the lumber spine. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Back lumbar region Chairs, single-person seating
More severe injuries at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
On March 18., 2025, an employee was unloading the contents of a van onto a cart when the wind caught the cart and it rolled away. The employee chased the cart and tripped and fell, striking his head on the concrete. The employee sustained a fractured jaw, a punctured ear canal, and chipped teeth.
An employee was pushing a food cart down the hallway when they contacted a wheel on the cart, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee sustained a pelvis fracture that required hospitalization.
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 622110)
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.
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 changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.