Simon Property Group

An employee was on a ladder to reach the access door to the blower of the air handler in the stock room. He was holding the bottom edge of the door with his left hand, and his thumb was gripping the inside of the panel. The motor for the unit turned on and the suction force caused the door to shut, partially amputating his left thumb tip.

An employee was pushing a patient in a wheelchair up a ramp when she felt a sudden pain in her middle and lower back, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee sustained a hernia while manually pulling on a dock plate that was stuck against a trailer. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pushing tables together to seat a party of 20 when he felt a sharp pain and experienced difficulty breathing. The employee was hospitalized for a collapsed lung.

An employee was walking and pushing a basket with cardboard on it when she felt her left knee crack. The employee's left femur was broken.

On August 27, 2023, an employee was rolling a 55-gallon drum of diesel fuel off a pallet and injured his back. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was changing a fan belt when his little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was walking to inspect ceiling light fixtures and tripped on a 3'x5' mat that was covering an electrical cord. The employee fell and fractured their hip.

An employee was using an auger machine on an outside sewer line. While he was feeding metal rope into the sewer line, the rope came back and pulled his hand in, cutting his left middle finger. The finger was amputated from the distal joint to the tip.

An employee was moving an air conditioning unit into storage. A wooden 2x4 that was in storage fell and struck the employee's head, causing a brain bleed.

An employee was walking when they slipped on ice and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a broken femur.

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.