JLB Contracting, LLC

An employee was loading a pneumatic roller onto a flat bed trailer. Once the roller was centered, the employee attempted to place the roller in park, but hit the wrong lever. The roller started to move in reverse, so the employee tried to put it back into forward. The rear wheels started to spin and the roller fell off the flat bed trailer. The employee held on as the roller was turning over and hit a mailbox. The impact with the mailbox broke the employee's left femur.

An employee was being trained to operate a yard truck to move trailers in and out of docks and to place them in storage areas. The employee was standing inside the yard truck cab as the trainer demonstrated how to operate the yard truck. As they performed a tug test, the truck jolted forward, causing the employee to sustain a lower back strain. The employee experienced numbness of the toes, bilateral leg weakness, and back pain that required hospitalization.

An employee was in a boom lift when the vehicle struck a hole then stopped abruptly. The impact ejected the employee and his fall protection pulled him back into the basket. The employee possibly struck the basket and was hospitalized for a leg fracture that required surgery.

An employee was operating a three-wheeled forklift to hoist metal material with a sling system. While driving downhill in a gravel driveway, the front tire caught a root and the forklift lost momentum. This caused the hoisted material to sway and the forklift tipped forward. Inside the forklift, the employee struck against the dash and roof of the cage, sustaining a contusion to the forehead, abrasions to both legs, and later had a seizure.

An employee was moving gravel with a skid steer. The skid steer lunged forward and the employee fell backward. The employee's feet were caught between the standing plate and the framing above it, and both ankles were broken.

An employee was moving a bulldozer from one portion of the site to another. The bulldozer traveled over a mound of dirt. The blade got caught in the dirt on the opposite side of the mound and the dozer came to a sudden stop. The driver was propelled out of his seat and his head struck the top of the cab. The employee suffered two fractured vertebra and weakness in his right hand and leg.

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 was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.

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 operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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.