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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.

An employee tripped and fell while walking to a time clock. She suffered fractures to her left shoulder and right kneecap. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was walking into a unit on the hospital campus when she tripped in a dip in a grass area and broke her ankle. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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.

An employee ate an uncooked, company-provided chicken meal during lunch, developed a food-borne illness, and was hospitalized.

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

An employee was walking around chairs and tables when she tripped on a chair leg, and fell resulting in a left knee fracture.

An employee was cutting a histology block with a microtome. The microtome amputated the tip of the employee's thumb, halfway through the nailbed. There was no damage to bone.

An employee was assisting with restraining a patient when the patient assaulted the employee and bit off part of their left ring finger. The employee sustained amputation of part of the finger.

An employee suffered a back strain while moving a nursing care resident. She was hospitalized.

An employee was walking through a production area. She slipped on a piece of loose plastic strapping material and fell, landing on her right knee and breaking the kneecap. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was entering a resident's room to administer medication when they slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm.

An employee assisted with repositioning a patient in bed using a drawsheet. After repositioning the patient, the employee felt lower back pain and had weakness in her legs. The employee sustained a herniated disc.

An employee was on a ladder changing ceiling tiles. He missed the last rung and fell to the floor, landing on and breaking his left hip.

An employee was working to redirect a patient back to their bed when the patient punched the right side of the employee's head/eye area with a closed fist. The employee sustained a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

An employee was on a ladder, adjusting a security camera outside a building. He fell from the ladder, landed on the ground on his back, and suffered head and back injuries that caused him to lose consciousness. He was hospitalized.

An employee was on the roof of the facility working on a kitchen exhaust fan hood to identify the source of a vibration. He manually moved the propeller and shaft to check for play in the bearings. His left hand slipped and his little finger became caught between the motor pulley and belt. The employee's weight shifted onto the propeller and caused the pulley to rotate, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx of his little finger.

An employee was preparing to dice potatoes when his knife cut his left ring finger, causing a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking down a client's ramp in the rain when she slipped and fell and landed on her back, resulting in hospitalization for a back injury.

An employee was using a mixer to slice lettuce when the blade contacted his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation without the loss of bone.

An employee was startled by a spider while sitting at her desk. She fell backward from her chair, landed on her left hip, and broke it. She was hospitalized.

An employee was working on a boiler water line. He was draining the boiler when hot water spilled onto his lower legs. The employee sustained first-, second-, and third-degree burns on his shins.

An employee was transferring a patient when they experienced an allergic reaction to peanuts and peanut shells in the patient's bedsheets.

An employee was hospitalized on May 22, 2025, due to respiratory issues caused by mold exposure; when her work area was tested, mold was identified.

An employee tripped over a cord that was under her desk and fell to the floor, landing on her right leg. The employee's femur was broken.