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On September 5, 2024, at around 6:04 PM, an employee was leaving work for the day, tripped over the foot of a TV stand in the breakroom, and hit their head on a table. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the right side of their forehead.

An employee was walking to get a box of supplies when she tripped over a product box that was on the floor. She fell and fractured her left femur.

An employee was walking in a back stock room. She lost her balance and fell to the floor, landing on her right hip and breaking it.

On February 28, 2022, an employee tripped over a mat at a service desk. She fell, landing on the floor on her right side, and suffered injuries to the right hip, knee, and arm.

An employee was walking in an aisleway, slipped on oil on the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a skull fracture and a right elbow fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee went into anaphylactic shock after exposure to a dog at work.

An employee was in a wash bay using an alkaline chemical cleaner to clean truck beds. The employee began experiencing lip numbness and facial and eye redness. The employee also experienced breathing difficulties, resulting in hospitalization.

A nurse in the intensive care unit was treating a patient with an infection when they contracted the infection and were hospitalized.

On February 15, 2023, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee laid her head down on a desk and then noticed that her face and tongue were swollen. She later had trouble breathing while driving home. The employee was hospitalized for a potential allergic reaction.

An employee used a water-repellant chemical and experienced respiratory distress. The employee was hospitalized.

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 slipped while climbing a ladder on a skidder, fell to the ground, and suffered a tibia/fibula fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

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 delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.