Ocean State Job Lot

An employee was walking when she tripped on the corner of a pallet and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack to unload a truck. While the employee was lowering the dock lift, he reached to pull the bridge back while still lowering the dock lift, causing three of his fingers to become caught between the dock lift bridge and the back of the truck. The employee suffered numbness in the left index finger, pain in the left middle finger between the nail bed and the first knuckle, and an amputation of their left ring fingertip with bruising.

An employee was descending a step ladder when they missed a step and fell to the floor, resulting in a fracture to their right hip.

An employee was bent over, picking up stacks of boxes from the floor to put into a carriage. He picked up multiple boxes and turned and felt a pop in his back. He was hospitalized with a back strain.

An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder removing a display. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured an ankle.

An employee completed a shift during which she moved patient beds and stretchers. While at home, the employee experienced back pain and went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with spinal fractures.

An employee was lifting and carrying a heavy box. After putting the box down, the employee had back pain and weakness in their left leg. They were hospitalized, having suffered a back sprain.

An employee sustained a lower back strain while assisting a client who was about to fall.

An employee was turning over a patient and felt a pull in her abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee was working on the wharf recouping lumber boards (2x4s and 2x6s that can vary from 8' to 16' in length) from bundles that had become misplaced when they sustained a right rotator cuff tear requiring hospitalization.

An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.

An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.

An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.