An employee fell in between a truck trailer and a loading dock while unloading the truck trailer, suffering a fractured pelvis, bruised right thigh, and two broken teeth. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was going up an escalator from the second floor to the third floor when she lost her balance and fell backwards to the second floor level. She was hospitalized with a fractured spine and arm scrapes.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 813910)
An employee was driving a reach truck when it struck another reach truck that just stopped with its forks raised. The forks penetrated the operator compartment of the employee's vehicle and broke his right tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
An employee was separating lighting on electrical relays. The employee was shocked by wires and fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a broken hip.
At about 6:00 p.m., an employee was leaving his truck when he slipped and fell, his left side and back striking the truck's bumper. He suffered muscle and tendon injuries and lower back pain.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.