Michaels Stores, Inc.

An employee was standing on a manual roller conveyor to unload stock when the conveyor shifted and the employee fell 3 feet onto their right side, resulting in a fractured right femur and hip that required hospitalization.

An employee was walking to a back door when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a fractured ankle that required hospitalization.

An employee stepped into the back of a trailer parked in a store's dock area. The truck moved forward and the employee fell out, suffering a right hip injury.

An employee tripped over a cart and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured hip ball.

On 09/21/2018, an employee was on a step stool attempting to remove merchandise from a store shelf when she fell from the step stool and fractured her wrist, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was spraying concrete sealer when they fell into a 3-foot drain hole. The employee landed on their feet and sustained a broken femur.

A temporary employee walked across a wooden pallet to retrieve product to stock. When he walked back across the pallet, it broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured hip.

On April 10, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was using a broom to clear rock from a building's foundation in preparation for a spray-on vapor barrier. There was a 4-foot deep trench next to the building where the employee was working and the soil at the trench's edge fell away. The employee fell into the trench and was hospitalized for a left pelvis and/or femur fracture.

An employee was walking up a steel staircase to check wiring in the electrical room. The staircase had a top platform with a grate that was sitting across the beams of the platform. The grate had shifted and as the employee stepped on it, it gave way, causing him to fall approximately 3 feet to the ground below. The grate landed on the employee and he was hospitalized for four transverse process fractures in the lower spine.

An employee was stocking the freezer and stepped on a wood pallet. The employee's foot went into the pallet and they sustained a right ankle fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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 retrieving items while on a ladder when she lost her footing and fell to the tile floor. The employee sustained a fracture to her left elbow.

An employee completed maintenance on a de-energized conveyor. When the conveyor was restarted, the employee went to remove an oil spill and his left hand was caught in the conveyor. He sustained multiple fractures to his left ring finger, a finger laceration, and required surgery for his left index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cutting frame trim using a fillet cutter when his right index finger slipped and contacted the blade. His fingertip was severed, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.

An employee was walking through the stock room when they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.