U.S. Dept of Defense

An employee was using a meat grinder to tenderize round steaks when her gloved left hand became caught in the blades. The employee sustained lacerations and torn tendons.

An employee was injured after falling off a step ladder.

An employee was delivering mail when they tripped on a curb and fell to the ground, resulting in a kneecap injury.

An employee was leaving work when they tripped over a curb in the parking lot and fell into a wall, resulting in a fractured left humerus.

A nurse was visiting the home of a patient for requested treatment. She tripped on her gown while going up the steps to the property, falling and fracturing her left femur.

An employee tripped on a step while entering a house. The employee suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was walking up an escalator that was out of service when they tripped on a step, fell, and suffered a closed fracture to the right femur as well as a dislocated right patella.

An employee was watching students perform their daily tasks. A student who had been vacuuming the floor punched the teacher in the chest. She was hospitalized with chest pain, a fast heart rate, and vertigo.

An employee was coming from the patio area to replace a trash can. He was carrying the trash can and walking toward the entrance of the cafeteria when he tripped over the rubber mat that precedes the ramp. He fell to the ground and sustained a torn ligament in his left shoulder.

An employee was standing in the parking lot while waiting for another employee to move a cart with a sign when they were struck by a vehicle, resulting in four fractured ribs.

An employee stepped out of her office, turned to lock the door, turned back, slipped, and fell. She suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized. There were water droplets on the floor from a wet umbrella.

An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a wall inside a multipurpose room. He was running wiring through the walls to install sound equipment. When he reached up to pull a wire, the ladder slid down the wall to the floor. The employee fell on top of the ladder and struck the floor, fracturing multiple bones in his face and his left hip.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.