Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-15	Washington	Dc	Paragon Systems	Head, neck, and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was sitting in a rolling chair inside a guard booth when they slid backward and fell down the concrete steps, resulting in injuries to their head, neck, and back.
2021-11-13	Jacksonville	Fl	SP Plus Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was performing a wheelchair lift check on a shuttle bus when his finger got caught between two moving parts of the lift. The employee's left middle finger was medically amputated.
2021-11-12	Toms River	Nj	Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was getting up from her chair when her leg got caught on the base of the chair and she fell, resulting in a fractured hip.
2021-10-28	Omaha	Ne	Stephens & Smith Construction Co, Inc	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was sitting on a stool while working on a trailer and stood up to reposition the stool. At the same time, the stool's cushion fell off, exposing the cylinder of the chair. The employee lost balance and fell onto the cylinder of the chair, causing abrasions and lacerations to his abdomen.
2021-10-16	Forest Park	Il	U.S. Postal Service	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee attempted to sit in a chair when they fell onto the floor, resulting in a broken right hip.
2021-10-15	New York	Ny	Mount Sinai West	Tooth (teeth)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was answering calls at their work station when they tripped over a chair and fell, hitting their leg on a desk drawer and their face on the floor. The employee suffered a lost tooth, cracked front teeth, and a bruised right arm, thigh, and calf.
2021-10-12	Birmingham	Al	Brookwood Baptist Medical Center	Thigh(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee was rolling the chair she was sitting in toward a counter. The wheel of the chair locked up, and she fell from the chair to the floor. She suffered a broken left femur.
2021-10-12	Milwaukee	Wi	Numotion	Arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was fitting a wheelchair to a client when a dog attacked her. She suffered a broken arm and lacerations.
2021-10-10	New Richmond	Wi	Presbyterian Homes and Services	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was helping a resident in a wheelchair. She tripped over the wheelchair's front right wheel and fell, landing on and injuring her right hip. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2021-10-05	Kewaskum	Wi	JK Rentals, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing near the back of a truck as a lift gate was being lowered from the truck. A table and folding chairs fell from the lift gate as it was being lowered and struck the employee, resulting in a broken leg.
2021-09-23	Rockford	Il	Office Depot Store # 6071	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On September 23, 2021, an employee was attempting to pull a gaming chair off the shelf for a customer when she lost her balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized for a broken femur.
2021-09-15	Des Moines	Ia	U.S. Postal Service	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was on a workroom floor during a power outage, locking up a reasonable accommodation chair. The employee tripped on a guardrail that was lying on the floor, fell into another guardrail, and suffered a broken left shoulder and broken left-side ribs.
2021-09-03	Maxwell Afb Gunter Annex	Al	Vectrus System Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee's knee struck a table as the employee was standing up from a chair. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken hip.
2021-08-19	New Kensington	Pa	Bacharach, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall while sitting
An employee fell while trying to sit down in a chair, landing on the floor and suffering a broken right arm and hip. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-07-27	Quincy	Il	Quincy Medical Group (QMG)	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On July 27, 2021, an employee fell while stepping down off a chair. She landed on the floor and broke both bones in her left wrist.
2021-07-16	Toledo	Oh	Star Cartage Co, Inc	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee got up from their desk, tripped on the chair, and fell suffering a broken patella.
2021-07-14	Linden	Pa	William L Robinson Concrete Contractors, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a 10-inch step stool performing maintenance on a pickup truck engine when they fell off the step stool and landed on a wheeled tool chair. The employee suffered six fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
2021-07-13	Doral	Fl	U. S. AMERICAN CONCRETE MIX, CORP.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee went to sit on a folding chair when his left ring finger got caught on the folding portion of the chair, resulting in a distal amputation.
2021-07-08	Philadelphia	Pa	Advance Auto Parts, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was delivering parts in a customer's store when he tripped over a chair and fell to the floor sustaining a fractured hip.
2021-06-25	Porter	Tx	D & R Foundation Drilling Inc	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was operating a foundation drilling rig from the operator's chair when the chair broke at the base and the employee fell 7 feet to ground, landing on his head and back. The employee suffered a broken back and a head injury.
2021-06-21	Green Bay	Wi	KI, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On June 21, 2021, an employee was operating a chair leg bending machine. The employee's fingers were caught between the die set and the leg of the chair to be bent; three of the employee's fingers were amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.
2021-06-20	Denison	Tx	Texoma Medical Center	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee was moving to sit in a chair when it slipped out from under her. Her back and neck struck the chair and the floor, and she suffered a brain bleed.
2021-06-17	Bedford	Oh	Sodexo	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a folding chair, hanging a banner. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a shoulder injury.
2021-06-15	Benbrook	Tx	Shoot Smart Enterprises LLC	Head	Fall while sitting
An employee attempted to sit down in a chair, missed the chair and fell backward hitting their head on a vice that was mounted on the workbench.
2021-06-15	Katy	Tx	Academy, LTD	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was getting out of her chair when she tripped over the base of her chair and fell to the floor. She suffered a broken femur and was hospitalized.
2021-06-07	Savannah	Ga	St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
While walking by a desk, an employee tripped and fell striking an office chair. The employee sustained a fractured right humerus and a dislocated right shoulder.
2021-06-03	Oconomowoc	Wi	LUTHERAN HOMES OF OCONOMOWOC, INC.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped on a power cord for an electric rocking chair, fell to the floor, and broke her hip.
2021-05-28	Norfolk	Va	Naval Station Norfolk	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee was sitting in a rolling chair in the security office and bent over to pick up a piece of dropped paper. As she bent over, the chair rolled out from underneath her, causing her to fall and hit her head on her desk. She was hospitalized for a concussion.
2021-05-24	Tulsa	Ok	CAP Tulsa	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was helping a child get out of a chair when they tripped over an adjacent chair and fell. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.
2021-05-22	Orlando	Fl	SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc.	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee was about to sit down in a chair and fell. The back of the employee's head struck the floor.
2021-05-13	York	Pa	Spiritrust Lutheran	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A nursing assistant was helping to recline a resident's wheelchair. When she pulled back on the wheelchair, she lost her balance and fell to the floor, suffering a broken left femur that required surgery.
2021-05-11	Leesburg	Fl	Avante At Leesburg, Inc.	Lumbar region	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee injured their lower left back while pushing a patient in a wheelchair. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-29	Colorado Springs	Co	FORT CARSON (EVANS HOSPITAL)	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was sitting in her office chair when a ceiling tile above the employee that was saturated with water fell and hit them on the head and shoulder, resulting in a concussion and a shoulder injury.
2021-04-16	Hialeah	Fl	HORIZON CONTRACTORS, INC.	Multiple body parts	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was doing repair/maintenance work under a utility vehicle. A chair fell onto the vehicle's controls, and the vehicle ran over the left side of the employee's body, crushing it.
2021-04-12	Omaha	Ne	WESTGATE ASSISTED LIVING	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped while standing up from a chair, fell, and suffered a broken left hip.
2021-04-10	Newnan	Ga	Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital	Multiple body parts	Fall while sitting
An employee fell from a swivel chair to the floor, suffering injuries to the left hip, left outer thigh, and head.
2021-04-02	Columbus	Oh	Wendy's	Multiple body parts	Fall while sitting
An employee fell from a chair. The employee's right arm struck a safe mounted to the floor, and the employee suffered injuries to the right arm, lower back, and right hip.
2021-03-26	Lincoln	Ne	Cherry Hill Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was returning a wheelchair to a hospital when they tripped over some construction material outside the front door, resulting in a bruised hip and kidney.
2021-03-12	Mentor	Oh	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a chair in a break room, falling and breaking her hip. She was hospitalized.
2021-03-11	North Creek	Ny	Service America Corp	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was in a ski lift loading area. She was holding two bags. One of the bag handles broke, and as she reached down to grab the bag, her left knee twisted and the lift chair hit her buttock. She suffered a fracture to the upper part of the left tibia, at the knee.
2021-03-01	Greenville	Pa	The Grove at Greenville	Upper arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was providing care to a resident who was having a seizure while sitting in a wheel chair. The employee tripped over the wheel chair or the resident's legs and fell, striking the wall with her shoulder and face, and then landing on the floor. The employee was bleeding from the nose and was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus.
2021-02-26	Orlando	Fl	Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S.	Arm(s)	Fall while sitting
On February 26, 2021, a co-worker was handing over a costume for repair as an employee was sitting down. The employee missed the chair and struck her elbow on the ground, resulting in a fractured arm that required hospitalization.
2021-02-25	Flippin	Ar	FPNC, Inc.	Heart	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was moving residents from beds to wheel chairs and changing bedding. The employee had a heart attack.
2021-02-21	Boca Raton	Fl	WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level
An employee was getting up from a chair. The employee's foot got stuck and they fell to the floor, suffering elbow and hip fractures.
2021-02-09	Ellington	Ct	Rice Packaging, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
A machine operator was walking around a machine to do a quality check of finished product. He turned a corner, stepped on a broom, and fell onto a chair sustaining a cracked rib.
2021-02-06	Williamstown	Wv	REM Community Options	Ankle(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was assisting a client at the client's home. The client became upset and pushed the employee out of a chair, resulting in a broken ankle.
2021-01-30	Deptford	Nj	Bed Bath and Beyond	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee leaned over in her chair to grab an item off of the floor when the chair tilted and fell, resulting in a hip injury.
2020-09-23	Hershey	Pa	Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee was sitting in a chair when she fell out of the chair and struck her head on the edge of the counter. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-06	Columbus	Oh	Homewatch Caregivers	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While making a client's bed, an employee tripped over the foot rest of a wheelchair and fell resulting in a broken hip. The employee's shoulder and knee were also injured.
2020-08-23	Chestnut Hill	Ma	Chico's	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On August 23, 2020, an employee was walking from a fitting room to a sales floor. The employee's foot got caught under a chair and the employee fell, suffering a twisted and strained left knee. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-08-12	Grove City	Pa	George Junior Republic	Skull	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
On 8/12/2020, an employee was meeting with a juvenile around 2030 hours. The juvenile became aggressive and the employee attempted to restrain them. The juvenile assaulted the employee, resulting in the employee's head hitting a chair. The employee was knocked unconscious and the juvenile continued to assault him. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture.
2020-07-30	Plano	Texas	Texas Health Resources	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee had been standing and giving a presentation. When finished, he went to sit down in a chair but the chair rolled out from under him. The employee fell to the floor, sustained a left hip injury, and was hospitalized.
2020-07-24	New Haven	Connecticut	Global Medical Response (GMR)	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources
On July 24, 2020, employees were taking a patient upstairs using a stair chair. One of the employees suffered a back muscle pull and a bulging disk. She was hospitalized.
2020-07-07	Fond Du Lac	Wisconsin	Wabash National Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
At the end of a 30-minute lunch break, an employee stood up from a chair, lost consciousness (due to heat exhaustion and dehydration), and fell to the floor.
2020-06-23	Miami	Florida	Allied Universal Security	Foot (feet)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing to the left of a chair with his right foot on the chair leg when he lost his balance and fell to the floor. As a result of striking the floor, the employee broke his left foot.
2020-06-20	Oakmont	Pennsylvania	Presbyterian Senior Network	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a chair and fell to the ground while carrying a tray and bruised a knee.
2020-06-20	Atlanta	Georgia	DAL Global Services, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee had chest pain and difficulty breathing after pushing a wheelchair to drop off a passenger at an airport gate. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-11	Houston	Texas	IEC US Holdings Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee walked into her cube, tripped over her chair, and hit her eye on her chair leg. She was hospitalized with a broken left leg and a right eye injury that required surgery.
2020-06-07	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	TJ Maxx	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking in the break room when her right foot caught the leg of a chair causing her to fall on her right side and fracture a hip.
2020-06-01	Overland Park	Kansas	LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a wheelchair outside when the wheelchair rolled over a curb and toppled, throwing her to the pavement in the parking lot. She suffered a broken hip and femur.
2020-05-28	Darby	Pennsylvania	Mercy Fitzgerald Medica Center	Arm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee stood up from a chair, then lost consciousness and fell to the floor, fracturing her right arm.
2020-05-26	Maywood	Illinois	Loyola University Medical Center	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking out of a patient room when her shoe caught the floor, causing her to lose her balance and strike a chair's wooden arm. She suffered three broken ribs.
2020-05-24	Augusta	Maine	VA Maine Healthcare System	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee felt a sharp pain in the lower body while pushing a patient in a wheelchair. The employee was hospitalized for a bilateral hernia.
2020-05-20	Hoffman Estates	Illinois	AVNET, INC.	Lumbar region	Fall while sitting
An employee was on a rolling chair, watering plants. The chair slid out from the employee, who fell to the floor and suffered an L1 back fracture.
2020-05-15	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	The Inn on Westport	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was sitting on a four-legged chair in the break room. When she stood up from the chair, her foot became caught under one of the chair's legs and she tripped, falling to the ground on her right side. She was hospitalized with a fractured right hip.
2020-04-22	Freehold	New Jersey	Staples	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was taking down or placing chairs in storage while standing on the top platform of a rolling stair ladder when he fainted and fell to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a fractured skull, fractured spine, and a broken rib.
2020-04-06	Hummelstown	Pennsylvania	Keystone Human Services	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall while sitting
An employee had been packing up some belongings. The employee started picking up papers from the floor while sitting in an office chair. The employee lost their balance and fell to the floor. After being helped back up, the employee proceeded to their car, but fell in the parking lot. The employee sustained a hematoma on the back of the head and may have a broken bone in their neck.
2020-04-06	Canonsburg	Pennsylvania	Barr Street Corporation	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair. The brakes on the wheelchair failed and the employee fell, suffering injuries to her right upper leg, hip, and elbow.
2020-03-31	Brockton	Massachusett	VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER	Leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was moving a chair from the bed of a pickup truck to a loading dock. He stepped into a gap between the tailgate and the loading dock and fell into the truck bed. His right leg was trapped in the gap and broken. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-03-15	Valhalla	New York	Wellpath Inc.	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was attempting to take the vitals of an inmate. The inmate jumped out of a wheelchair and assaulted the employee. The employee sustained multiple contusions to the right-side ribs, a fractured nose, two black eyes, a puncture wound to the right side of the back of the head, pain in the right arm and neck, pain/bruising to the lower left leg, and a blood blister on the lower lip.
2020-03-06	Allen Park	Michigan	United States Postal Service	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking and tripped over a cable that was attached to a chair. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
2020-03-02	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Kohl's Department Store	Scalp	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on break in the break room. The employee put her foot up onto a chair, to tie her shoe, while she was standing. When the employee lifted her head back up, from tying her shoe, she passed-out, fell backward, and hit her head. The employee sustained a hematoma on the back of her head and was hospitalized.
2020-02-25	Belle Vernon	Pennsylvania	Life's Work of Western PA	Face	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking around a desk and wiping it off when the employee tripped over wires around the desk and fell onto a metal chair resulting in facial cuts and a broken orbital bone.
2020-02-23	Pittsburg	Kansas	Kansas Crossing Casino L.C.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
A host in the restaurant tripped over a chair leg and fell breaking the right femur.
2020-02-12	Lake Suzy	Florida	Point Charlotte Golf & Country Club	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking into the bag room in a golf cart barn when he tripped over a golf bag on the barn floor. He fell onto his hands and knees, and a nearby chair struck this throat and chest; he suffered broken vertebrae, three cracked ribs, and a torn esophagus.
2020-02-11	Denver	Colorado	Denver Center for the Performing Arts	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a router to duplicate chair parts in plywood. She was feeding the corner of the material into the spinning bit when the bit grabbed the material and spun it out of her control. She suffered a deep laceration to the left index finger.
2020-02-08	Fort Worth	Texas	HFWBH Motors, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee was sitting in a chair at the parts counter. When he pushed back away from the counter, the chair tipped over causing the employee to fall onto the floor and fracture a hip.
2020-02-07	Hershey	Pennsylvania	COUNTRY MEADOWS	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was picking up a patient from the hospital. As the employee was transferring a wheelchair to the van, the patient slipped. The employee strained herself while trying to lift the patient. The employee sat down and experienced chest pain.
2020-01-28	Council Grove	Kansas	Diversicare of Council Grove LLC	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was assisting a patient, tripped over an electric wheel chair foot rest, and fell to the floor striking a door jamb/frame during the fall. The employee was hospitalized for a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
2020-01-25	Snowshoe	West Virgini	Snowshoe Mountain, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was ejected from a ski lift chair while on the platform, resulting in multiple rib fractures that required hospitalization.
2020-01-24	Perkasie	Pennsylvania	EFE Laboratories, Inc	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee was sitting on a chair when he leaned back and the chair broke. He fell backwards and hit his head on the concrete floor, suffering a concussion.
2020-01-22	Akron	Ohio	US Census Bureau	Knee(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee fell out of a chair and landed on his knees. He was hospitalized.
2020-01-21	Clayton	Missouri	Rehabcare Group East, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was assisting a patient when she tripped on the patient's wheelchair and fell to the ground, landing on her right side and breaking her right hip.
2020-01-06	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania	Veterans' Administration	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee fell to a laboratory floor while trying to sit down on a wheeled chair. The employee suffered a broken left hip.
2019-09-13	Manvel	Texas	Amtex Precision Fabrication	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee twisted his ankle while going down stairs. When he sat down to rest, he lost consciousness, fell off the chair, and hit his head on the ground, suffering a head injury.
2019-09-10	Warrendale	Pennsylvania	Mitsubishi Electric Power Products	Pelvis	Fall while sitting
An employee sitting in an office chair went to stand up, twisted her ankle, and fell to the floor fracturing the right pelvis.
2019-09-09	Warner Robins	Georgia	ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee in the quality lab was pushing a chair back to her desk. Her feet got tangled in the chair and she fell to the floor, breaking both wrists and the left knee.
2019-09-09	Jacksonville	Florida	Baptist Health	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
A nurse was assisting in lifting a patient from a stretcher to a wheel chair and suffered lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-05	Sarasota	Florida	All American Windows and Doors BTP LLC	Ankle(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was descending down the side of a building in a boatswain chair. A kink in the rope got caught in the descending device, causing him to lose balance. He began swinging around and hit his ankle on a protruding concrete balcony. He sustained a compound fracture above the left ankle requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-09-03	Union	New Hampshir	MIDDLETON BUILDING SUPPLY, INC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While walking out of an office an employee tripped over a chair leg, fell to the floor, and broke their right hip.
2019-08-28	Covington	Georgia	Emory	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee stood up to check in and assist a patient. When she went to sit back down, she missed the chair and fell to the floor, injuring her right hip.
2019-08-27	Dallas	Texas	Orthodontic Specialist of Dallas	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was sitting at a computer workstation when she stood up to walk and her foot became tangled in the hoses and cords to the chairside handpieces. When she went to step to her right, her foot was snagged on the hoses and she fell forward, breaking her arm.
2019-08-21	Montgomery	Pennsylvania	Hope Enterpises, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a chair in a restroom while opening a paper towel dispenser when he fell to the floor and fractured his hip.
2019-08-20	Fairfield	Ohio	ALBA Manufacturing, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell from the same level while moving chairs and floor mats, suffering a broken hip.
2019-08-18	West Reading	Pennsylvania	Tower Health Reading Hospital	Leg(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee fell while getting up from her chair. She landed on the floor and broke her leg.
2019-08-13	Willow Street	Pennsylvania	Willow Valley Communities	Brain	Fall while sitting
An employee stood up at their desk to plug a phone into their computer. When the employee went to sit back down, they missed the chair and fell, hitting their head. The employee required hospitalization for a post-concussive head injury.
2019-07-31	Sarasota	Florida	Everglades College, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While standing up from a chair, an employee tripped over the strap of a bag that was on the floor. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a left shoulder injury.
2019-07-30	Sewickley	Pennsylvania	Masonic Village of the Grand Lodge of PA	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was putting trash into a compactor when a large chair fell onto his chest, breaking his ribs.
2019-07-17	Abington	Pennsylvania	Abington Hospital	Wrist(s) and elbow(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was getting out of a chair when she fell to the floor and sustained a fractured elbow and wrist.
2019-07-13	Little Rock	Arkansas	Allay Health and Rehab	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was helping a resident move from the bed to a bedside commode when she tripped over a wheelchair. She fell to her knees and her face hit the bedframe. She suffered a facial contusion and fractured right tibia.