Savard Staffing

An employee was assisting with loading product (sacks of dirt) onto a barge. The sack of dirt swung and pinched the employee between it and other sets of product on the barge. The employee suffered a neck compression injury and was knocked unconscious.

An employee was on a barge adjacent to a lift that was being tested. As the load was lowered, a nylon stiffener broke free from existing structural steel and fell 80 feet, striking the employee in the right forearm. The employee sustained two broken bones in the forearm.

An employee was offloading cargo from the hatch of a motor vessel onto a dock when the cargo (bagged cement) struck the employee and caused them to contact a nearby hatch wall. The employee sustained injuries to their neck, right lower back and right leg.

An employee was walking across the barge when they stepped across a barge gunnel lid that was hidden due to coal spillage. The lid came up and struck the employee, resulting in abdominal bruising.

An employee was climbing up an A-frame ladder to gain overhead access to install ship ventilation equipment. The employee's safety glasses bumped the sprinkler head diffuser, which knocked his glasses off and caused a laceration to his left lower eyelid and an injury to the sclera.

On May 28, 2025, an employee was working to fill a farmer's converted grain truck that had a liquid tank on the bed of the truck. The employee was getting up on the back on the truck and reached for the handle of a door. The door was not secured and the employee fell backward about 4 feet to the ground. He sustained a punctured lung and five broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking into an establishment for a meeting when they slipped on ice and fell. The employee sustained torn knee ligaments that required surgery.

An employee was using sandpaper to clean a lathe when their glove was caught, pulling their right hand into the rotation. The employee sustained a broken right wrist and broken fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee slipped and fell to the floor of a milk unloading bay, striking their head on the floor and suffering a head and neck injury.

An employee was wakeboarding; being towed behind a 20-foot inboard boat. He was attempting an inverted maneuver that included jumping from one wake to the next while doing a flip. The employee landed on top of the wake causing his board to stop; his momentum carried him forward causing impact against the board. The employee sustained an open fracture to the right tibia and fibula.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.