An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was running power into a conference room to install a new television while standing on the fourth rung of a ladder. The employee touched an exposed wire while looking at the junction and was shocked. The shock caused the employee to fall from the ladder. They sustained a concussion, a fractured collarbone, a brain bleed, and shock burns.
An employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a semi-trailer. The truck pulled away from the dock as the employee was driving onto the trailer to load it, causing the employee and the forklift to fall to the ground below and fracture their right leg.
An employee was on a service call to install cable wiring. While working on a ladder that was leaning against a strand line, the strand line broke causing the employee to fall approximately 18 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained two fractures to the right arm, a fracture to the left arm, and a fractured pelvis.
An employee was moving conveyors in a warehouse to another location using rolling casters. The legs became detached from the bottom of the conveyor, and the employee's right index finger was caught in the conveyor pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was working at her desk in the computer lab. When she stood up, her legs buckled, causing her to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a broken hip that required hospitalization.
An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
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 delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.