An employee was operating a forklift in the yard. After unloading a pallet of shingles, he headed towards his supervisor, set the forklift's brake on parking, and exited the forklift. The forklift rolled forward and pinned him between his forklift and his supervisor's parked forklift. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
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More severe injuries at American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.
An employee was moving wet bundles of shingles on a truck bed, when one of the bundles slipped out of his hands. He tripped over a pallet, fell off the bed of the truck, and landed on his left side. The employee sustained fractures to three ribs, and a displaced iliac fracture.
A driver was strapping down metal to put on the truck. The metal strapping snapped back and hit his left eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a ruptured globe.
An employee was putting a dolly on the crane forks. The employee fell 15 feet from a window to the ground and was hospitalized with fractures to a wrist and rib, and a possible head injury.
An employee suffered a back injury while loading shingles on a roof. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery for a bulging disc in the lower back.
An employee was loading shingles onto a roof when he fell approximately 30 feet from the roof to the concrete ground below, resulting in several broken bones to his wrist, legs, ribs, skull, and possibly the back.
On December 13, 2023, an employee was operating a forklift. When they stepped off the forklift, it crushed their left foot between the lift and a racking system. The employee suffered a foot fracture that required hospitalization.
An employee was maneuvering a motorized pallet jack while standing in front of it. He became pinned between the pallet jack and a steel rack cross-beam, resulting in a contusion to his chest/back and a fractured rib.
An employee was stacking empty drums into a trailer. The employee then exited the trailer, using the forks of a forklift as a step. The forklift's parking brake failed, causing the forklift to move forward and pin the employee's right leg between the forklift and the trailer. The employee's right lower leg was crushed, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.
An employee had been spraying weeds behind a school. As he was leaving the field, the employee drove his truck up to the gate, got out, and opened the gate. The truck rolled forward and pinned him against the fence/gate. The gate then gave way and opened from the force of the truck. The employee's left index fingertip got caught in the fence/gate and was amputated.
An employee was using a walk-behind tugger to pull a grinder. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the handle of the tugger and the framework of a staircase. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423330)
Employees were at the trucks to leave for lunch. The injured employee was putting the cone back after the crew leader pulled the truck forward from the designated worker parking area. The injured employee then ran back to the truck. As he went to get in the truck, he said the upper thigh area of his leg was hurting. He laid on the ground outside the truck and crew leader could see a bump/bulge in the the injured employee's upper thigh area below his hip. The employee sustained a fractured femur and required surgery.
An employee was helping a contractor unload a delivery of two new dock plates from a trailer onto a forklift. The employee s left index and middle fingers were pinched by the dock plates, resulting in amputations to both fingers above the first joint.
An employee was helping to load a customer's truck. The employee stepped toward a forklift to get paperwork from the driver. The employee's right lower leg and foot were run over by the back tire of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his lower right leg.
An employee was moving wet bundles of shingles on a truck bed, when one of the bundles slipped out of his hands. He tripped over a pallet, fell off the bed of the truck, and landed on his left side. The employee sustained fractures to three ribs, and a displaced iliac fracture.
On August 12, 2025, an employee was loading shingles onto the roof of a new-construction home when be began to suffer from heat exhaustion and dehydration.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.