USDA/APHIS

An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.

An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.

An employee was pushing a container when they were struck by a forklift. The employee sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was walking in a corridor when she tripped and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her left shoulder and left ribs, and she sustained an injury to her left elbow.

An employee was inspecting behind a cooker when he tripped on a gas line. He fell, suffering a broken hip.

On February 5, 2025, at around 12:00 PM, an employee was rolling a motor (60 lbs.) up into a bucket for disposal when the motor rolled over his left index fingertip. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was providing support for hurricane relief. He was sawing a tree when one of the tree limbs fell down and struck him. The employee sustained a severe laceration on the forehead and an open fracture of his frontal sinus/skull. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) through a wheat stubble field when the ATV struck a hidden washout that was about 1.5 to 2 feet deep. The employee went over the handlebars, and the ATV ran over his right leg, breaking it.

On September 25, 2025, an employee climbed an aluminum extension ladder and was on top of the roof of a building She was walking around on the roof, inspecting and evaluating it. She was descending the ladder when the ladder slid to the right and twisted around as she hung onto it. She then fell 10-12 feet to the paved parking lot and the ladder landed on top of her. She sustained a fractured left collarbone, multiple other fractures, and had bruising to the left side of her abdomen.

At about 5:55 p.m. on August 9, 2025, an employee lost his footing while climbing an access ladder to a 12-foot-high spotlight platform. He fell about 9 feet to the ground, breaking eight ribs on the right side.

On August 1, 2025, an employee was preparing to initiate canine training when they were bitten by a dog on the neck and face.

An employee was completing an annual work capacity test. Later that night, the employee experienced severe pain in their left leg and was hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis and compartment syndrome in the lower left leg.

An employee was setting chains to secure a concrete barrier to a front-end loader. The chain became twisted and lost slack. The concrete barricade fell on the employee's left foot, causing a partial amputation to a toe.