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An employee was working in the back of a trailer while it was raining. He had moved the product in the back of the trailer and was placing straps and edge protectors when he slipped and fell off the trailer. He hit another trailer parked 3 feet away, then landed on his side on the ground. He suffered multiple broken ribs on the right side, as well as a punctured lung and blood between the lung and the chest wall.

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

A truck driver was preparing a hose to load a chemical tanker trailer with sulfuric acid when sulfuric acid splashed the left side of their face and neck, causing skin burns.

An employee was disconnecting steam lines from a bulk liquid trailer. He disconnected a steam line located on a vapor recovery line when hot steam blew back onto him, resulting in burns to the left side of his abdomen, as well as his left arm and leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was driving a truck when it lost power. He pulled over, opened the hood, checked the engine, and opened the radiator cap. Pressure in the radiator caused hot fluid to spew over the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left arm, hand, and leg.

An employee was pulling apart pallets that were stuck together when they felt pain in their stomach. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was getting out of a truck tractor when he fell to the ground. He suffered a broken left femur.

On September 29, 2025, a rural mail carrier was delivering parcels to a business when she tripped on a parking stop block in front of the business. She fell to the ground and sustained fractures to her left hip and pelvis. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was walking around chairs when they slipped/tripped and fell, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured hip.

An employee was walking to get on a recreation bus when she slipped on ice and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

An employee was walking to the back door of the post office when they slipped on the icy ground due to freezing rain and fell. The employee sustained a torn rotator cuff in their right shoulder and a fractured right hip.

An employee was on top of an APC to access a radio on a shelf when they slipped and fell to the ground. They sustained three fractured ribs, a fractured right scapula and right clavicle, a knot on top of their head, and a laceration to their left leg.