| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-09 | Bethesda | Maryland | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking in a parking garage when an automobile started approaching. The employee went to step back behind a protection barrier and fell to the concrete ground, breaking a femur. | |||||
| 2017-09-30 | Bethesda | Maryland | National Insitute of Health | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor, fracturing her right knee. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-03-11 | Bethesda | Maryland | R&J Steel Erectors, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was installing steel grating on the mezzanine level of a newly constructed building when the steel grating panel unexpectedly shifted and fell. The employee fell 20 feet with the panel, suffering skull and vertebrae fractures. | |||||
| 2016-04-13 | Bethesda | Maryland | Frederick Concrete CO. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting 2" by 4" pieces of lumber with a saw when the saw kicked back and partially amputated his left index finger at the second joint. | |||||
| 2016-01-23 | Bethesda | Maryland | National Institute of Health | Multiple face locations | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A maintenance employee repairing a metal entrance gate was moving a vertical fence post. He attached one end of a rope to the post and the other end to the bucket of a skid steer vehicle. He was standing between the post and the skid steer vehicle when the vehicle's operator lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle lurched forward and trapped the employee's head between the post and the bucket of the skid steer vehicle, breaking his eye socket and cheek bone. | |||||
| 2015-03-29 | Bethesda | Maryland | U.S. Department of Navy/Bethesda Navy Exchange Service | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using a step ladder to get an item for a customer. As she descended the ladder, she missed a step and fell. She was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2015-03-03 | Bethesda | Maryland | National Institutes of Health | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was taking a Rhesus monkey out of the rig. She was unfastening the last head post when the monkey bit her right small finger. | |||||
| 2015-01-27 | Bethesda | Maryland | National Institutes of Health | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| A nurse was backing away from a bed ridden patient and tripped on a portable computer resulting in a fractured vertebrae. | |||||