CVS Health

An employee was operating a double electric pallet jack. The employee was trying to put the unit in reverse, but moved forward instead. As a result, the equipment struck a warehouse protection guardrail and the employee's right leg was caught between the guardrail and the pallet jack. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the leg.

An employee was dragging a heavy box when she tripped and fell backward, landing on the floor.

An employee was stocking merchandise when she fell.

An employee was walking down stairs. She fell at the last two steps and suffered a broken femur.

An employee was using a cherry picker forklift to pull product from upper shelves. Her foot was smashed between the platform and a pallet or part of the shelving unit. The foot was crushed and she was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was walking down the hallway when they tripped and fell to the floor, fracturing their right wrist.

An employee was walking down the hall to retrieve a vacuum when they stumbled and fell to the floor. The employee suffered wrist bruises and a kneecap fracture that required surgery.

An employee was carrying furniture backward during a delivery when he tripped and broke his right ankle.

An employee was installing a compressor piston. He tripped and fell backward while the piston was in his lap. As he landed, the little finger of his left hand became caught between the piston and compressor piping resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee required stitches and the fingertip was reattached.

An employee was doing an oil change. He was walking to get his oil jug when he tripped on an open lift pad, and fell to the ground landing on his right side. The employee sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized.

An employee was working at a register when she tripped on a scanner cord and fell, resulting in hospitalization for a hip fracture.

An employee was loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.

An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.

An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.

An employee was using a photo cutting trimmer board to trim photos and amputated their left thumb tip without bone loss.

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 inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

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.