Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-09-10 | Alpine | California | Viejas Casino & Resort | Hand(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a dresser out of a hotel room in order to refinish it. A metal rim on the bottom of the dresser cut the employee's hand and severed a tendon. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-06 | Newington | Connecticut | Jefferson House | Brain | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was lifting a patient with a lift, lost balance and fell striking her head on a dresser. The employee was hospitalized for a possible concussion and a bruise on the left arm. | |||||
2018-08-04 | Sapulpa | Oklahoma | BIOS CORPORATION | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was retrieving clothing to help a client get dressed when she tripped over some loose carpet and fell. She struck the right side of her face on the dresser as she fell to the floor onto her right side. The employee sustained contusions and a concussion and acute right shoulder and knee injuries. | |||||
2018-01-18 | Sebring | Ohio | Crandall Medical Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On January 18, 2018, an employee's foot became caught on a dresser edge while vacuuming a resident's room. The employee tripped and fell to the floor, suffering a fractured right hip. | |||||
2016-08-19 | Mulvane | Kansas | Accessible Home Health, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
On 08/19/2016, at 11:30 p.m., an employee was helping a patient during flood conditions within the home. The employee was electrocuted when an energized item fell off a dresser into the waist-high water, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-08-15 | Boca Raton | Florida | CITY FURNITURE | Ankle(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
Two employees were delivering furniture to a private residence. One of the employees was inside the residence while the other stayed in the truck. The employee inside the truck slipped on a piece of plastic while moving a dresser, and the dresser fell on and fractured his right ankle. |