Layne Christensen Company

An employee was checking the fuel level in a portable generator when he contacted a live electrical part and was shocked.

An employee was stepping from a secured pipe on a trailer deck when he fell to the ground, leading to right-side distal tibia and fibular fractures.

Workers were drilling a water well. They were removing the drill pipes from the well with a block when the block went past the block stop at the top of the rig and broke free. The block fell to the drill deck and the bails on the block struck an employee, causing him to fall 8 feet to the ground. He was also struck by slips that were dislodged by the impact of the block. He suffered four fractured vertebrae and lacerations to the head and ear.

An employee was dismantling an overhead conveyor when the connection point for the rigging gave way and the conveyor fell, amputating the employee's left pinky finger at the first joint (just below the nailbed).

An employee was forming a footing for a water treatment plant. He was working inside a 4-feet-tall trench form and fell while crossing back over to the outside of the trench, breaking his right tibia and fibula.

At 4:00 p.m. on July 3, 2023, a severe thunderstorm passed over a job site. An employee was taking shelter under a carport where batteries were stored. The carport was destroyed; flying objects struck the employee, who suffered a jaw injury and a knee injury.

An employee was struck in the head by a hockey puck while exiting the locker room. The employee sustained a laceration above their left eye.

An employee was clearing a clogged sugar chute, containing rare earth magnets inset into an aluminum bar to catch any metal in the sugar. The employee loosened the middle of three magnets and it was attracted to the outside magnet, crushing the tip of his right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working in the pallet repair line when a pneumatic nail gun shot a nail into their right wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to remove the nail.

An employee was emptying a plastic bucket of soils around a newly planted tree using a hay hook to assist. The hay hook suddenly broke free of the plastic bucket and struck the employee in the right eye, resulting in blunt-force trauma injuries to their eye.

An employee was moving a tensile strength test device with a dolly. The device fell from the dolly onto the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture.

An employee fell while stepping off the tailgate of a pickup truck. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken left fibula and tibia.

On October 7, 2025, employees were conducting trenching operations for the installation of a new sewer line system. The excavator's bucket was detached and put inside the trench as it was being exchanged for a different-sized bucket. An employee entered the trench with a shovel to move some dirt located at the front end of the pipe. The excavator bucket shifted and slid, striking the employee s right foot and trapping it against the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.

Employees were working to dislodge a large truck that was stuck in a rut using tow straps and a front-end loader with the bucket removed. An employee connected the straps to the loader and truck and another employee slowly engaged the loader to close the coupler. The injured employee's arm became caught in a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm.

An employee was lifting a piece of 30-inch line stopping equipment using a jack screw. A lifting eye weld snapped and the load dropped. The end of the jack screw then landed on the employee's heel and crushed it. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.