An employee was standing on a manual roller conveyor to unload stock when the conveyor shifted and the employee fell 3 feet onto their right side, resulting in a fractured right femur and hip that required hospitalization.
An employee stepped into the back of a trailer parked in a store's dock area. The truck moved forward and the employee fell out, suffering a right hip injury.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 451130)
An employee was operating a standing forklift and tried to prevent boxes from falling. His left little finger was crushed between the forklift and metal shelving resulting in amputation.
An employee was driving a reach truck down an aisle when the truck collided with a structural column. The employee's arm left the operator's compartment, and the employee suffered a broken arm.
An employee was working at the cash register. When they bent down to tie their shoe, they lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken tibia.
On September 24, 2021, at 8:50 a.m., an employee was driving a stand-up forklift when the forklift collided with palletized material. The employee's left foot was crushed under the lift, resulting in multiple toe amputations.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.