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A temporary employee was using a push broom to push recycling waste onto a conveyor belt that makes bales of recycling material. The employee was cleaning between two bales of recycling material when one of the bale wires snapped. The employee's legs became tangled in the wire, causing them to trip and fall. The employee suffered a fractured right leg.

A temporary employee was traveling to a job site. The employee's car broke down at 6:00 p.m. The employee arrived at the site at 8:00 p.m., developed symptoms of heat exhaustion at 8:15, and was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was lifting a transformer from on top of a pallet when his left index finger was caught between the pallet and the floor, resulting in a partial amputation of his left index finger.

A temporary employee was adjusting dunnage under a lifted load of corrugated metal decking when he signaled the forklift operator to let the boom out. During this process, a piece of decking slid off and hit his lower leg. He was hospitalized with a right ankle fracture and a fractured right tibia and fibula.

A temporary employee was unloading a crated kitchen range from a tractor trailer at the warehouse's dock when he mis-stepped, slipped, and lost control of the load. He then fell and was struck on the head by the falling appliance, suffering a mastoid effusion, L1 burst fracture, severed central canal, compression of conus or proximal calida equina leukocytosis, and hyperglycemia.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

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.

A temporary employee was rigging secondary steel when the steel joist fell to the ground and struck his lower left leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.

A temporary employee was helping set up a stage for a concert. The employee was run over by a mobile cart and sustained a toe amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

The injured employee was operating a reach truck and stopped at an intersection within a warehouse. After a brief a conversation, another employee's reach truck accelerated unexpectedly and struck the injured employee's stationary truck crushing his foot. He sustained fractures to his left foot and toes requiring hospitalization and surgery.

A temporary employee was operating a plastic strapping machine on an assembly line. The machine wrapped the employee, causing crushing injuries to their ribs and a kidney. The employee was hospitalized.

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.