Great Lakes Naval Station Public Works

On May 5, 2023, at 6:00 a.m., an employee parked and exited his vehicle. He stepped over a water hose that was laying on the surface of the parking lot. As he stepped over the hose, he lost his balance and tried not to fall, suffering a torn tendon in his right hip requiring hospitalization.

A temporary employee entered the elevator to go down and it began descending rapidly. The emergency system caused the elevator to stop suddenly, and the employee sustained a left leg fracture and strained back.

Two hospital transport employees were inside of an operating elevator when the elevator began to shake and came to an abrupt stop between S1 and S2. One employee sustained a fractured left ankle. The other employee sustained pain in both knees.

An employee was descending a stairway when her foot and knee twisted, causing her to fall forward. Two other employees prevented her from falling to the ground, but she suffered a torn right meniscus and a torn ligament in the left ankle.

An employee was stocking in a frozen food department when she was thrown off balance by an L-cart of freight and the tape around it. She stumbled and twisted her right ankle. The ankle was dislocated and fractured, requiring surgery.