Damage to replaced joints

Name: Damage to replaced joints at Gundersen Health Systems
Start: 5/29/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025055073 · 5/29/2025 · Gundersen Health Systems

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hip joint(s)
Nature of injury: Damage to replaced joints

Cause

Event: Fall on same level n.e.c.
Source: Other constructed surface
Secondary source: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies

Employer

Name: Gundersen Health Systems
Location: 1900 South Avenue, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54601
NAICS: 621498
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee collected rags in a housekeeping closet. They were finishing up their shift and traversing to a locker room with a wheeled garbage cart. The employee fell to the floor and struck their right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown