Goodwill Industries in South Florida

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 was walking into the stock room when they slipped on a wet floor and fell, resulting in a sprained left wrist and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing down a ladder. She fell from about 3 feet up, grabbed storage racking but could not break her fall, and landed on the floor. She suffered an injury to the left knee, as well as cuts on the right middle and ring fingers. She was hospitalized.

An employee was exiting the building and walking down the stairs with co-workers when she fell down the stairs and landed on her left hip, fracturing it.

An employee was utilizing an inclined conveyor belt in the stock room to transport a bathroom rug to the second floor. She was at the bottom of the conveyor belt when the rug fell into the conveyor roller mechanism, jamming it. She was working to clear the jam when her right arm became caught in the 3.5-inch gap between the powered conveyor belt and the underside roller. The employee was hospitalized with six fractures, including her forearm, index finger, ring finger, wrist, and thumb, as well as a severed artery. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was repositioning merchandise after the floor was stripped and waxed when they slipped on uncured wax and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.

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.