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An employee was walking in a parking lot when they fell over a yellow plastic parking block to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was pallet building. She stepped into a box trailer to retrieve a go-cart (big plastic bin with wheels) and she slipped on debris that caused her to lose her balance. The employee's right ankle was fractured. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee had just retrieved a roll of packing dunnage. The employee tripped while stepping off a pallet, fell to the concrete floor, and suffered a broken right hip.

An employee was carrying a package when he tripped on the corner of a pallet and fell, resulting in a fractured right hip that required surgery.

An employee was on a break and sitting in his car in the employee parking lot when he was shot in the back. The employee was hospitalized.

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 had just retrieved a roll of packing dunnage. The employee tripped while stepping off a pallet, fell to the concrete floor, and suffered a broken right hip.

An employee was carrying a box of blinds (approximately 36 pounds and 6 feet long) down a small flight of exterior concrete stairs at the customer s preferred delivery location. He fell down the last two steps to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a dislocation of his right knee and a torn patellar tendon, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack (EPJ) and making a U-turn when they became caught between the pallet jack and racking. The front part of their foot was pinned between the racking corner guard and the EPJ platform. The employee sustained lacerated tendons to the right big toe that required surgery.

A mail carrier was delivering mail when she was attacked by a dog, causing her to fall to the ground and hit her head on the concrete. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized with a concussion and an internal head injury.

An employee was adjusting a set of retractable (manual) conveyor rollers. The employee's hands were under the rollers when the rollers were pushed toward him. His fingers were caught in a pinch point, resulting in the amputation of his left index finger at the first knuckle.

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.