Trader Joe's

An employee was loading crates of oranges on a flat cart. A stack of five crates of oranges fell over and struck the employee, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip.

An employee was pulling a U-boat out of their walk-in freezer that had product on it. The U-boat collided with a pallet of product and the employee's wrist was caught between, resulting in a fractured wrist.

An employee was stocking cheese and fell backward to the floor while descending a step ladder. Her left leg twisted in the fall, resulting in the dislocation of her knee.

An employee was using a 2-step ladder to stock bread. They missed a step while coming down and fell onto their back, sustaining a fractured left hip.

An employee was using a U-boat cart to move product from the access storage on the sidewalk. A box fell off the U-boat cart and the employee stopped the cart to pick up the box from the floor. Due to the uneven surface of the paved sidewalk, the U-boat cart began to shift and tipped over. As the employee quickly moved out of the way, she fell, striking her left hip on the ground.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.

An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

An employee fell down a flight of stairs to the floor and suffered contusions and lacerations to the forehead and lips. She was hospitalized.

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

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.