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 999999)
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a chiller's glycol system. Pressurized glycol sprayed onto the employee's face; the employee ingested some of the glycol and developed nausea.
An employee was inside a shelving unit used to store food when a forklift went to move the shelving unit. The employee was struck by the forklift forks, resulting in a left ankle fracture.
An employee was lowering a dock plate into place to unload a trailer when their finger was caught and pinched between the dock plate and the trailer. They sustained a left middle finger laceration.
An employee was using an overhead crane to manipulate a part on a wash line. The part fell off the hook, then cut the employee's arm as the employee tried to catch it.
An employee was moving an aerial lift while inside the aerial lift when the lift hit a pothole. The basket bounced, causing the employee the hit the basket and fracture his right leg.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.