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 climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.

An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.

An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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.