An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 524291)
An employee was conducting a roof inspection for an insurance claim. He set up a ladder up on a deck and was climbing from the ladder to the roof when the ladder slipped causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist and ankle and required surgery.
An employee was using a 16-foot ladder to descend from a second-story roof to a porch roof after completing an inspection. As the employee stepped back onto the ladder, they fell, landing on the porch roof. The employee then rolled off the porch roof and landed on their feet on the ground. They were hospitalized.
An employee was climbing from a ladder onto a residential roof to inspect it when he slipped off the roof and fell to the ground below. The employee's spine was broken.
An employee fell from a two-story roof to the ground while conducting an insurance inspection, suffering injuries to the head, neck, back, and left leg and a brain bleed.
An employee had just inspected hail damage on a one-story roof and was coming down a ladder to inspect a gutter. The employee fell from the ladder and broke both legs.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.