FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WATERLOO

An employee bent over to pick up sheets off the floor. As she as standing back up, her head struck a clamp on a piece of machinery, resulting in a skull fracture.

An employee was climbing a portable ladder to retrieve an item from the second level when she hit her head against a ceiling reinforcement. The employee sustained a concussion and lacerations.

An employee was underneath a construction loader truck while working on it. As the employee got up, they struck their head on the frame of the truck and were hospitalized overnight for a concussion.

An employee was squatting to inspect a dough mixer. She struck her head and lost her balance, causing her to grab onto a piece of machinery. The machine crushed her right index finger, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was setting a pipe in a trench about 3 feet deep. When he stood up, his head hit the wall of the trench and he suffered a neck injury.

An employee was validating receipts at the drive thru at the bank. While reaching for the validator, the employee slipped out of her chair, striking the back of her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained trauma to her head.

On March 25, 2025, four employees were conducting routine banking tasks when they inhaled a concentrated cleaning chemical. All four employees went to the hospital. Three employees were not hospitalized; one employee was hospitalized due to the inhalation of benzyl p-chlorophenol which caused nerves in the brain to shut down, causing stroke-like symptoms.

An employee was walking through a cafeteria on the way to his office after delivering a package when he slipped and fell to the floor, resulting in a dislocated right shoulder.

An employee was operating a riding lawn mower with a vacuum attachment. The employee noticed a loose sticker on the blower housing. As he pushed it back into place, his right middle finger pushed through it and into the moving parts inside the blower housing. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

An employee was walking back from lunch when they mis-stepped on the stairs and fell to the ground, fracturing their left ankle.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.