Eby-Brown Company

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

An employee was walking between tables when she tripped on a chair and fell to the floor of the breakroom. The employee sustained a lower leg fracture.

An employee was training a new hire on the milk selection process, which involves the use of a portable (wrist mounted) RF scanner and a powered pallet jack. He was walking backwards behind his jack when the lower part of his left leg was caught between the pallet jack and a stationary jack. The impact fractured his lower left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was taking down a sign and used a knife to cut the strap holding the sign. The employee slipped and the knife cut his wrist, damaging the tendons.

An employee was placing a cigarette box on a conveyor system. She was using a scanning device that was positioned on her right index finger with a power cord that connected to a unit located on her wrist. The cord and the employee's right hand were pulled between the rubber belt and idler tensioner of the conveyor. Her skin was pulled back from her hand.

An employee was driving a forklift toward a conveyor when he noticed an error light at the tote scanner. He traveled on the lift toward the tote scanning area to manually scan the tote in and clear the error. He attempted but was unable to slow the machine using the plugging method or the dead-man switch. He then attempted to exit the machine. In that process, he struck the racking and his left foot became wedged between the rack and the forklift. He suffered a broken left foot and deep abrasions.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.