Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc

An employee began to feel unwell after returning to the shop from a road call. He was hospitalized with a heat-related illness.

An employee's left index finger was caught between the frame and the door of a safe as the safe's door was being closed, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was taking trash to the compactor when they slipped on a concrete pad and fell, resulting in a right leg fracture.

An employee was carrying air filters to the roof when they fell approximately 16 feet from the top of a fixed ladder. The employee's head contacted an electrical box during the fall, resulting in head trauma.

An employee was clearing a clog in a fryer using a probe when their left hand slipped into the hot oil and was burned.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee tripped over a broom handle, fell, and suffered injuries to the left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

On June 26, 2025, an employee was walking to clean product from the floor when she slipped on a cardboard display that a customer had knocked onto the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle and required surgery.

An employee was removing decals off the side of a tanker truck while on an 8-foot step ladder. He had one foot on the third rung of the ladder and one foot on the hose tray of the truck. The ladder kicked out from underneath the employee. His feet were tangled in the ladder as he fell approximately 3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and required surgery.

An employee was returning from break and walking back to the building from his car when he was struck by a commercial truck and trailer. The truck struck him and when he went to roll out of the way, the trailer ran over his left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and puncture to his left leg and road rash to both of his legs.

An employee was opening a box to stock the cooler when the box cutter severely lacerated his left palm, requiring surgery.

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.