Ridgewood Golf Course

An employee was using a dozer to clear a plot of land. The dozer struck the ground after getting stuck on a tree stump, causing the employee to hit their head on the cab roof. The employee sustained a spinal compression injury.

On August 31, 2023, an employee was operating an excavator to complete a demolition job. As the excavator drove into the first floor of the building, the floor collapsed. The vehicle and employee dropped approximately 8 feet, causing the employee to sustain a back injury.

An employee was standing on a walk-behind lawn mower when the mower spun out of control. His right ring fingertip became caught in the handlebar, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was loading a bundle of 3/8-inch rebar using a standup skid loader. While transporting the load, the equipment tipped forward, throwing the employee over the controls and into the mast of the skid loader. The employee sustained several teeth avulsions, a mouth laceration, and bruising/swelling around the face.

An employee was driving a forklift to deliver lumber to a work site when the forklift tipped forward onto the forks. The employee struck his head on a metal railing on the forklift, resulting in a laceration, a concussion, and temporary loss of consciousness.

An employee slipped on some spilled sauce in the walk-in cooler and fell, hitting the front of his head on the concrete. Approximately 30 minutes later, he became ill, collapsed, and had a seizure. The employee was hospitalized with an intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH).

At about 5:50 a.m. on August 14, 2025, an employee was changing tee cups on a golf course. He stepped away to the brush to grab a branch from the ground and a rattlesnake bit the top of his right hand.

An employee exited a utility or golf cart that was moving at about 10 mph. The employee lost his footing and hit his head on cement pavement, suffering head trauma with a loss of feeling. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was trimming hedges when he slipped and his right thumb contacted the blades of the hedge trimmers. He sustained amputation of approximately 80% of the right thumb beyond the first joint and a laceration to the right index finger.

On July 28, 2025, an employee was removing ice buildup from the floor of a walk-in freezer. He was melting the ice with warm water when he slipped and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left leg/ankle and he required surgery.

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.