OSHA Injury Report: LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

mopping the cafeteria

What happened

Employee works in EVS and states she was finishing up mopping in the cafeteria. She was mopping backwards at an outward angle from center of room to avoid stepping on wet floor. She was located at the back door of cafeteria exit on service hallway side. She states she dont know what happened and just slipped and went down. She states she attempted to catch herself from falling and landed on possibly both hands she couldn 't recall if it was both or only the left hand. She had immediate pain 9 10 in left wrist and couldn 't get herself up from the floor. She was unable to apply pressure to the left hand. She yelled for help when a coworker heard her and entered the cafeteria door to discover she was laying on the floor. A rapid response was called and the employee was taken to the Emergency Room for treatment. She was diagnosed with a impacted posteriorly angulated distal radial fracture and a nondisplaced ulnar styloid fracture. DC with pain meds & f u with ortho.

Injury or illness

left wrist fracture

Object or substance involved

wet floor slip and fall

Summary line

mopping floor fell resulted with left wrist fracture

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.