Waste Management of Jackson, MS.

An employee had just finished unloading a garbage truck and was cleaning the sweep blade when a loader backed up and struck the employee. The employee sustained a pelvis fracture and internal bleeding.

An employee was standing on a foot stand on the side of a garbage truck. As he stepped back and off the stand, an oncoming vehicle struck his left side, resulting in fractures to his face and pelvis.

An employee was crossing the road in front of a store, on the way to retrieve shopping carts from the parking lot. A motor vehicle ran her over. She suffered injuries to multiple body parts, including the back, pelvis, ribs, and a femur.

An employee was standing in a bike lane, using a backpack leaf blower to blow grass off a street onto the sidewalk. A passing car struck the employee, who suffered a broken left arm and left foot.

An employee was in an aerial lift on a public road. A truck hit the lift basket and its ladder/ladder rack injured the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

At about 9:00 a.m., an employee stepped out of a waste management truck to service recycling totes. The truck's right front tire ran over his right foot, breaking his ankle.

An employee was performing maintenance on a hopper. The employee's hand was caught in a cylinder pivot point area when the pneumatic cylinder released trapped air. The cylinder crushed the employee's left little finger, causing the partial amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was opening a door to a semi trailer at the facility and his hand was caught between the door and another parked semi. The employee's left index finger was fractured and thumb muscles were injured. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was removing residual meat particles from the sprocket of the crossover conveyor belt in the packing area. While doing so, the conveyor started and his fingers were caught between the metal framework and the belt, resulting in amputations to the middle and ring fingers on the left hand as well as skin damage to the right hand.

An employee was unloading vehicles. While unloading a van, the brakes failed and the vehicle rolled off the car hauler and ran over the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a lower left leg fracture.

An employee was servicing the compactor. They were reconnecting the turnbuckle on a receiver box when the turnbuckle slipped and fell, crushing the employee's left middle fingertip. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.