OFFICE DEPOT

An employee was stocking product was using a three-step ladder. As he was descending, he missed the last step and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to his left femur and hip.

An employee was opening a store. While marking her way toward the alarm to disarm it, she slipped and fell on the tile, suffering a broken right leg.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder stocking a top rack when the employee fell to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. She got off the pallet jack and had her hand on the controls. She accidentally twisted the handle and caused the pallet jack to reverse towards her. The pallet jack ran over her right foot, and then smashed her left foot between a pallet and the jack.

An employee was on a double-end rider in an aisle selecting product when his left leg was pinned between the rack and rider.

An employee was using a forklift to load a tractor trailer when the forklift skidded into a wall. The employee sustained an arm fracture.

An employee was training on an rolling container carrier on the dry, non-frozen storage side of the distribution center. She made a turn around the end cap and her right foot struck the rail protecting the endcap racking. The employee's foot was fractured.

An employee was a passenger in a utility vehicle that was driving up a hill on a wooded trail. As the vehicle made a right turn, three fingers on the employee's right hand were caught against a tree and fractured.

An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg was caught between the forklift and a bollard resulting in a broken leg.

An employee was delivering products and loading a manual pallet jack when they tripped and fell 4 feet to the floor, striking their head and resulting in a skull fracture.

An employee went to step off material handling equipment to grab their jacket when the throttle of the vehicle engaged. The vehicle reversed and the employee's left foot was crushed between two material handlers, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was wrapping a pallet to be shipped. As he was walking around the pallet with a roll of shrink wrap, a forklift ran over his right heel and broke it.

On March 1, 2023, at 2:34 a.m., a maintenance employee responded to a work order on a conveyor belt that was making noise from the line. The employee removed the belly pan from underneath the conveyor system to visualize and troubleshoot it, and then left to clean the pan. When the employee came back to the conveyor line, he saw some debris under the roller where he had removed the belly pan. He attempted to brush it off when his right hand became caught in-between the roller and the conveyor frame, resulting in abrasions to the top of his right hand.

An employee was on a platform, trying to fix a pulley belt in a dust cyclone. As he tried to stop the belt, it pulled in his hand, causing the amputation of the tip of his right little finger.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.