Ocean State Job Lot

An employee was walking when she tripped on the corner of a pallet and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack to unload a truck. While the employee was lowering the dock lift, he reached to pull the bridge back while still lowering the dock lift, causing three of his fingers to become caught between the dock lift bridge and the back of the truck. The employee suffered numbness in the left index finger, pain in the left middle finger between the nail bed and the first knuckle, and an amputation of their left ring fingertip with bruising.

An employee was descending a step ladder when they missed a step and fell to the floor, resulting in a fracture to their right hip.

An employee experienced back pain after moving boxes.

An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder removing a display. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured an ankle.

An employee was lifting a motor and reaching to place it on a machine when they sustained a back injury. The employee was hospitalized.

On 12/22/2023, an employee was carrying bins filled with pasta to a refrigerator. As he lifted a 20-pound bin, he felt pain in his lower back. The employee sustained a herniated disc.

An employee was lifting a patient when they pulled a back muscle. She suffered back pain and spasms radiating into her leg with weakness and numbness. The employee's L3-L4 disc was herniated and she was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting boxes when they suffered a strained back, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was lifting a bundle of insulation with a colleague when he felt severe pain in the right side of his lower back/hip region. The employee sustained a severe muscle injury.

An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.

An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.

An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee tripped on a rotor on the floor of a store, fell, and suffered a broken right thumb.

An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.

An employee was using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.