Meijer

An employee was operating a forklift and reached forward to open swinging doors to enter the back storeroom from the sales floor. His thumb became caught in the doors and was amputated at the knuckle.

On March 31, 2025, an employee fell from their chair and was hospitalized for a hip injury.

An employee was driving a powered industrial vehicle when they turned a corner and their right foot hit a rack, resulting in swelling that required hospitalization.

An employee was hospitalized with an broken wrist after slipping on some water on the floor and falling in the produce department.

An employee was removing plastic tote containers from a tractor trailer. As the employee pulled on the totes, they caught on a piece of the trailer and tumbled over on top of the employee. The employee was taken to the hospital and given a medication that caused an allergic reaction. He was held overnight for observation due to the allergic reaction.

On December 13, 2023, an employee was operating a forklift. When they stepped off the forklift, it crushed their left foot between the lift and a racking system. The employee suffered a foot fracture that required hospitalization.

An employee was maneuvering a motorized pallet jack while standing in front of it. He became pinned between the pallet jack and a steel rack cross-beam, resulting in a contusion to his chest/back and a fractured rib.

An employee was stacking empty drums into a trailer. The employee then exited the trailer, using the forks of a forklift as a step. The forklift's parking brake failed, causing the forklift to move forward and pin the employee's right leg between the forklift and the trailer. The employee's right lower leg was crushed, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.

An employee had been spraying weeds behind a school. As he was leaving the field, the employee drove his truck up to the gate, got out, and opened the gate. The truck rolled forward and pinned him against the fence/gate. The gate then gave way and opened from the force of the truck. The employee's left index fingertip got caught in the fence/gate and was amputated.

An employee was using a walk-behind tugger to pull a grinder. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the handle of the tugger and the framework of a staircase. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.

An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

An employee fell down a flight of stairs to the floor and suffered contusions and lacerations to the forehead and lips. She was hospitalized.

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

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.