LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES, INC.

An employee was leaving work when they slipped on a freshly mopped floor, resulting in a leg and knee injury.

An employee was sitting on a 24-inch folding stool when they fell off the stool and the stool collapsed. The foldable legs of the stool amputated the employee's right index finger.

An employee was working on a truck that had broken down. A jack had been used to raise the trailer. The jack slipped, and the employee's hand was pinned between the trailer and a tire. The employee underwent surgery for injuries to the ring and little fingers.

On April 25, 2020, at approximately 6:15 a.m., an employee was inflating a dismounted tractor-trailer tire on the interstate when the single piece wheel rim was ejected from the tire and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained face and head injuries.

An employee was servicing a customer's box truck on the side of the road. The vehicle was up on a jack and the employee was working under it. The jack sunk into the ground, causing the truck to fall and pin the employee underneath it. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured back.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

An employee was crouched down in the cooler and was restocking a shelf when a stack of water next to him began to crumple. Approximately 4-5 cases of water fell onto his left side, striking his left foot and knee, as well as the left side of his back. The employee was hospitalized with contusions to his abdominal wall, left chest wall, and his left hip and thigh.

An employee was washing drip trays at a sink. She then carried multiple drip trays to the beverage area. She tripped over a box of trash bags and fell against a refrigerator. She sustained a fractured sacrum.

An employee was standing by a condiment rack while getting condiment packets to restock a food service area. Another employee came out of the nearby freezer. As the door opened, it struck the injured employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.

An employee was standing at the register and tripped over a power cord that was hanging down from a shelf. He fell on his ankle and hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

An employee fell from a step ladder to the floor and sustained a fractured left hip.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.