VA Caribbean Healthcare System

A nurse was working in the emergency department when they experienced nausea, difficulty breathing, and a cough due to chemical fumes. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was assisting a client when the client fell on top of the employee. The employee's hip was fractured.

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 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 went to catch a client who was falling and they both fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was helping to restrain a patient when his right ankle rolled, resulting in a fracture.

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.

A nurse was working in the emergency department when they experienced nausea, difficulty breathing, and a cough due to chemical fumes. The employee was hospitalized.

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.