Rent A Center

An employee was moving a TV from the back of a box truck to the liftgate for delivery. As the liftgate was activated, the employee lost his balance and fell from the liftgate, resulting in a left tibia and fibula.

On September 30, 2022, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an employee was picking up a payment at a customer's residence when a dog attacked them, resulting in an amputation to their left little finger.

An employee was loading a box truck. The employee fell off the lift gate, landing about 4 feet below and suffering a broken left arm.

A Rent-A-Center employee was picking up a couch from an offsite location. His right wrist was caught and crushed between a truck and its lift gate.

An employee was raising a lift gate on the back of a box truck. Her right wrist was caught between the control box and the gate's side rail, suffering an open fracture.

An employee was repairing a microwave at a customer's residence when he suffered an electrical shock, which caused burns to both his hands.

An employee was setting up music for a fitness class. As the employee plugged their personal device into the outlet, she was shocked. The employee experienced pain in her left side, mainly in her arm and head.

Two employees were testing the phase voltage of the 208 volt bus bar circuit. An arc flash occurred during the testing. One employee suffered burns to the face, neck, and hands. Another employee suffered burns to his arm.

An employee was in a manhole pulling a 120-volt spider to connect it. The spider snapped and struck his chest. He was shocked and hospitalized.

An employee was wrapping lights around a tree when their right arm contacted exposed wires, resulting in electric shock.

An employee was using a CNC mill to drill and countersink holes in a plastic wood product. Their left hand contacted the point of operation (a 1/4" drill bit with a 3/4" countersink) of the vertical drill resulting in a fractured fourth finger and partial amputations (between the last joint and fingernail) of the middle and little fingers.

Two employees were performing merchandising duties and team lifting a wicker-style end table. The injured employee lost their grip on the table and it fell. The employee then lost their balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right leg near the knee.

A cashier turned and tripped over a register scanner cord. She fell to the floor, fractured her right knee, and dislocated her left shoulder.

An employee placed a bale of hay in the back of vehicle and the vehicle departed the area. The employee started sweeping hay that had fallen onto the dock platform when they fell on the wet hay. The employee then fell 3-4 feet off the dock platform, resulting in a broken left hip.

An employee was working on the sales floor in the entertaining department of the store. As she was backing up, she tripped over a charcuterie board sticking out of a shelf and fell to the concrete floor. She sustained a broken left little toe and a displaced pelvic fracture.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

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.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.