Public Storage

As part of her normal morning routine, an employee was checking for ice accumulation on the outside areas of the property after a severe storm. She slipped on ice that had formed on the pavement and fell on her right side, fracturing her hip. The employee required surgery.

An employee was walking to the property when she slipped on ice and fell, causing injuries to her right ankle, leg, and shoulder as well as fracturing her fibula.

An employee went to sit in a chair when the chair moved, causing him to land on the floor. The employee sustained a possible hip fracture.

An employee slipped on ice while walking down an exterior aisle with a row of storage units. She fell, landing on her back and hitting her head. She suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

An employee was hospitalized as a result of a spider bite.

On October 24, 2023, an employee suffered a heart attack while completing physical fitness testing on a designated obstacle course.

An employee was participating in volleyball warm-up practice. The employee was serving volleyballs overhead when he suffered a hernia and was hospitalized.

On July 27, 2023, an employee was making a delivery when he tried to prevent a box from falling off the dolly. The employee heard a snap in his right knee. He fell to the ground, striking his head on the pavement. On July 28, 2023, while at home, the employee's right leg gave out and caused the employee to fall, tearing the quadriceps in both legs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was helping a patient with daily care when they sustained a back injury, resulting in hospitalization.

During an aircraft egress drill, a firefighter suffered chest pain and shortness of breath. He was taken to the hospital for a heart attack.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

A temporary employee was punched in the face by another temporary employee. He suffered a laceration to the eye.

An employee was backing up a powered industrial vehicle. Her left hand was caught between the vehicle and a rack, and the wrist was broken.

An employee was operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.