Rent-a-Center Store #01279

An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.

An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.

An employee was pushing a container when they were struck by a forklift. The employee sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was preparing to clean product transfer lines. The employee placed a hose with a connected stainless-steel wand into a 55-gallon drum used to rinse the lines and that he had just emptied of residual water. While lifting the drum into the vertical position, the main water valve lever/handle dropped to the fully open position. This caused an increase in flow and backpressure in the hose. The hose disconnected and the employee was sprayed with hot water (120 degrees F) on the right side, resulting in burns to their arm, shoulder, and back.

An employee was standing near the back of a truck as a lift gate was being lowered from the truck. A table and folding chairs fell from the lift gate as it was being lowered and struck the employee, resulting in a broken leg.

An employee was working on a rooftop air conditioning unit and changing a fuse when the fuse exploded, burning the employee's right hand.

An employee was raising a lift gate on the back of a box truck. Her right wrist was caught between the control box and the gate's side rail, suffering an open fracture.

An employee was walking when she fell off a loading dock platform to the ground, requiring hospitalization for contusions to the right wrist and head.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.