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In the back of the warehouse, two temporary employees were unloading a truck that was full of bags. The bags tipped over and fell onto one of the employees and fractured his legs. The employee required surgery.

A temporary employee was on the second rung of a ladder installing a window on the third floor of a residence. The suction cups on the window failed causing him to fall approximately 10 feet. He fell through the scaffolding on the second floor and then rolled down the stairwell to the first floor. The employee sustained fractured discs and a fractured hip.

A temporary employee was flagging traffic on a road construction site at night. A car struck the employee, who suffered a broken right arm.

An employee was struck and injured by a forklift. The employee was hospitalized.

At about 2:30 p.m. on June 15, 2020, a temporary employee was drilling holes in the outside wall of a house (to install shutters) when he became lightheaded due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. He was hospitalized.

An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

An employee was staking tomato plants on a farm. The employee began to feel sick and collapsed, suffering from dehydration and heat shock.

An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was traveling back from work when they became ill and experienced dizziness due to heat exhaustion.

On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.

An employee was putting up decorations when she slipped off her desk and fell to the floor. She was hospitalized for three broken ribs.

An employee was cutting a ductwork hanger. The employee finished cutting one end of the duct and came down from the ladder. The employee was walking underneath the duct when the ductwork fell on them. The employee sustained a broken rib and required surgery for a vertebra.

A temporary employee was in the locker room when they fell and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was holding the door for contractors who were leaving the property when his little finger was caught in the door. Half an inch of the employee's left little finger was amputated.

An employee tripped and fell to an operating room floor, suffering a broken hip.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.