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An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

The office had just closed, and an employee was finishing at her desk. A vendor arrived to perform their services. The employee unlocked the door for the vendor and proceeded to walk backward away from the door while talking to the vendor. She fell backward and landed on her hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was seated in the living room of a patient's residence, waiting for the patient to arrive home from school. The school bus driver honked the horn, signaling that the patient was ready to be assisted off the bus. The employee stood up and then tripped and fell over a rug and possibly the edge of an ottoman. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus at the shoulder.

An employee tripped over a pair of forklift forks that were on the ground. The employee fell to the asphalt and suffered a collapsed lung.

An employee was walking down the hallway when she tripped and fell to the floor, resulting in hospitalization with two fractured wrists.

An employee was sweeping the parking lot when they stepped backward, tripped, and fell. The employee suffered a fractured left hip and was hospitalized.

An employee was transferring a pot of hot water and noodles from the stovetop to the sink in the kitchen. The employee fell and their leg was burned by the hot water.

An employee was operating a vertical log splitter when their right hand got caught in the splitting mechanism, resulting in an partial amputation of the hand that required hospitalization.

At about 2:30 p.m. on August 12, 2025, an employee was walking down outside stairs between a parking lot and a driveway. She missed a step and stumbled down five steps toward the bottom of the stairs, suffering an open fracture and dislocation to the left ankle. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery

A maintenance employee was performing a quarterly inspection of a hot water pump. They were wiping down the pump and valves with a rag when the pump propeller contacted their left hand, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. The pump was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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.

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

An employee was walking on a sidewalk, heading toward her car, when she tripped and fell onto her left hip. The employee sustained a left intertrochanteric fracture requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was walking up stairs at a patient's home when they slipped and fell, striking their head on the floor. The employee sustained a concussion.

An employee slipped and fell in a hallway, landing on the floor and suffering a broken ankle.

An employee was walking on the street between campus buildings when she was struck from behind by a person on the street. The employee was knocked to the ground and hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was seeing a patient. The employee had an allergic (anaphylactic) reaction to petroleum jelly on a patient.

An employee was transporting a patient using a litter carry. The employee tripped and fell, suffering a broken right humerus.

An employee was working from a ladder, replacing a light fixture's ballast above the ceiling. He came into contact with a live electrical lead carrying 277 volts. The shock caused him to fall from the ladder to the ground about 6 feet below. Along with an electrical burn on his hand, he suffered a broken left ankle and a broken left shoulder.

An employee was rising from a chair when their foot caught on the chair, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a displaced fracture of the right humerus.

On May 4, 2025, an employee entered a resident's room during rounds and tripped over the chair/bed alarm cord. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left elbow and right inner foot as well as a head injury, and they required surgery.

An employee was using a tabletop paper cutter and sustained a partial amputation of their left thumb through the nail.

An employee tripped over a curb while leaving the building and fell resulting in a fractured lower leg.

An employee was walking to her car after her shift. She walked between two vehicles to enter her vehicle when she slipped on ice and fell to the ground, suffering injuries to her left knee and elbow. She was hospitalized.

An employee was performing patient handling. The patient began to fall and the employee went to stop the fall. The employee sustained a tibial plateau fracture.