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An employee was working in a walk-in freezer when a powered industrial truck hit and dragged him against an upright beam. He suffered a contusion to his lower back and was hospitalized.

On February 26, 2017, an employee was driving a forklift and was turning around in a small area. There was another forklift that was non-operable in the same area. The employee backed up the forklift and struck the forks of the non-operable forklift. The forks penetrated the employee's right heel and tore tissue from the bone.

An employee was standing on a pallet as it was being lifted 6-feet high when he fell off and broke his wrist.

An employee tripped over a customer U-Boat and sustained blunt trauma to the back of his head and pain to his right shoulder.

An employee operating a forklift backed off of a loading dock and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.

An employee was handling fentanyl and lost consciousness.

An employee was opening a valve on a tank and came into contact with corrosive alkali liquids. The employee sustained chemical burns.

An employee bumped his elbow and sustained a bacterial infection.

An employee was loosening a hose from a rail car when the hose splashed sulfuric acid on the employee, causing chemical burns to the shoulder.

An employee contracted an infectious parasite while servicing a client.

An employee was using a powered pallet jack. As he was maneuvering backward, his right foot slipped, causing the pallet jack to pin his right leg against a rack. He suffered a laceration between his ankle and his calf, as well as a fracture, and was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) fusion machine. The machine's carriage was directing a fitting that was being lifted from the machine when the employee's left ring finger was crushed in a pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was struck by a semi truck and pinned against a forklift while performing unloading activities. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a torn left MCL.

An employee was on top of a railcar and was using a rod to push out some resin that had become lodged inside of the car. When he lifted the rod, it contacted a live, overhead wire and he was electrocuted. The employee sustained burns to 12-20 percent of their body.

An employee used a forklift to take a trash hopper to the dumpster. While driving back from the dumpster, the cord that had been used to open the hopper handle got caught under a wheel of the forklift causing the cord to tighten around the employee's left hand. The employee sustained amputation to the index, middle, and ring fingers.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

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 slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.