State Farm Insurance

An employee was inspecting a roof. He was beginning to descend the roof on a ladder when the ladder kicked out and he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with five fractured ribs, a head laceration, and a tibia/fibula fracture, which required surgery.

An employee was climbing a ladder to get to a roof to inspect for hail damage. He fell 8 feet from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a knee injury.

An employee was moving boxes of mail on a loading dock. The employee tripped on a dock plate and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a broken left hip. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

An employee was climbing a ladder when it moved. She jumped off to avoid a fall and suffered a broken ankle and minor cuts to the face and arms.

An employee was hospitalized after fainting due to work stress.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

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.

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to gain access to the roof for an inspection. The bolts holding the ladder to the wall broke, resulting in the ladder and the employee falling approximately 14 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a concussion and a brain bleed as well as fractured ribs and was hospitalized.

An employee was walking down the office hallway when she stumbled and fell to the floor, causing a bleed from her femoral artery and swelling in the left leg.

An employee completed an inspection of an insured property's roof for hail damage. As he was getting on the ladder to descend from the roof, he fell approximately 10-12 feet and landed on his back on the concrete ground. The employee sustained 10 fractured ribs (4-5 displaced) and 5 transverse process fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working outside inspecting vehicles at a body shop when he became ill due to heat. The employee sustained dehydration, heat exhaustion, and a muscle injury.

An employee was inspecting wind and water damage in a residential attic when they stepped onto drywall between two trusses and fell through the drywall. They fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground below and sustained a fractured right tibia.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.