Sears

An employee was working on a 5-foot ladder to remove cardboard from a shelf when the employee fell off the ladder, suffering left rib and left leg injuries that required hospitalization.

An associate was at the register when another associate came to take something out of the drawer. He stepped back and hit the drawer that had been opened, causing a chain reaction. He stumbled and bumped into the associate who had opened the drawer and then she stumbled and fell into the injured employee, causing her to fall onto the floor fracturing the right hip.

An employee missed the last step of an escalator and fell coming down it. She fractured her right ring and pinky fingers, requiring surgery.

On April 22, 2016, an employee was removing a grill from a trailer that was on a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee's head/neck became caught between the PIV and the trailer, causing head/neck injuries that required hospitalization.

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.

An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.

An employee was exiting an elevator when he lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

An employee tripped over a chair in the break room and fell, resulting in lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was standing on a pallet when their foot caught on the pallet and they fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right femur.

An employee fell from a chair to the floor, suffering a broken right leg/ankle. She was hospitalized.

An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.

An employee tripped over a bin and fell to the floor. She landed on her hip and braced herself with her arm, resulting in a fractured hip and wrist.

An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.