I think I saw that some sort of band on the piece of exercise equipment broke, hit him in the face, and then he fell fracturing ribs on part of the equipment. I’m getting a visual of the Mr. Burns character on the Simpsons trying to exercise...
Also, when elderly and falling, that is not unusual damage. My mom fell recently and hit her face on the concrete. I almost keeled over when I saw her a few days later. She looked as though someone had beaten her in the face.
I have my mom living in separate, attached apartment. I’m worried all the time, and have flat out refused a treadmill in the house. We buy Life Alert or something of the kind, but honestly I worry every day. Thankfully it has been unnecessary nearly all of the time :). I pray for all of us taking care of our parents, may we all have a good, strong, healthy year ahead!