United States Census Bureau

An employee was walking up the stairs at a private residence while conducting a survey. The employee reached for a tarp that was hanging over the entryway when they fell down the stairs, resulting in a back fracture, two broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and lacerations to the back of the head and neck.

An employee was returning census equipment when she tripped on a curb and fell onto the sidewalk, fracturing her hip which required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee fell while descending steps outside a residence, suffering contusions to the forehead, right wrist, and both knees. The contusion to the forehead resulted in internal bleeding on the brain.

While walking through a wooded area, an employee tripped on a tree root and fell to the ground. She suffered a broken pelvis and a dislocation femur.

An employee was hospitalized due to dehydration.

An employee was passing through a building when she suffered an allergic reaction to a cinnamon air freshener. The employee began to feel dizzy and ill, ultimately becoming unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee wearing a blasting hood was preparing to blast inside a tank. The line that supplies the hood with breathing air was plugged into an argon line. The employee breathed the argon gas and fell. The employee was hospitalized for argon poisoning.

An employee was preparing a pump for maintenance. When the employee removed a cover, chemicals were released into the air. The employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan and was hospitalized.

An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide that was leaking from a kiln. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.

An employee was inside a trailer with a running lawn mower and sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was operating an extended forklift when it hit a rail. The employee sustained a fractured leg.

An employee was carrying a ladder when they misstepped and fell sustaining a fractured kneecap.

An employee was unloading boxes from a service vehicle to place onto carts. When he finished, he began collapsing a cart. The employee put his right foot on the cart to steady it but it began rolling. The employee then slipped and fell, striking his head on a cart; he sustained a scalp laceration.

An employee was installing wire from a utility pole to a house. He became nauseated and began climbing down, but as he was descending he got dizzy and fell, landing on the ground 14 feet below and suffering a broken heel.

An employee was crossing the street when an unsecured load of pipe fell off a flatbed truck and struck him, fracturing his leg.

An employee was servicing an exterior mounted environmental control unit while on a 10-foot ladder. He pushed through a pre-made knockout hole on the panel. Upon bringing his arm down, a sharp area along the panel frame lacerated the top of his hand. The employee required surgery.

On 7/31/2025, an employee was training to ride an ATV when it went into a draw and she went over the front of the ATV, landing on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured arm.

An employee was standing behind a frac pump. A discharge hose failed and the employee was burned by hot water on the left upper abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee working as a contracted firefighter was using a bulldozer to push back an active fire line when they became entrapped in flames, resulting in first- and second-degree burns.

An employee was assisting with the delivery of pipe racks to the drilling rig. The driver was releasing the tie-down lock straps that were holding the pipe racks on the trailer. When the last strap was released, one of the pipe racks rolled off the trailer and struck the employee while they were on the passenger side of the trailer bed. The employee sustained an open wound to the hand and fractures to their left leg and spine.