Big Lots Stores, Inc. Store #822

An employee was taking a trash cart to a dumpster when one of their fingers was pinched between the trash cart and the dumpster, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was pushing flat shopping carts back into the cart tunnel. When unjamming the carts, part of the cart struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration and bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a cart backward in a storage area when his right little finger was pinched between the cart frame and an electrical box mounted to the side of a support column. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated.

An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.

An employee was unloading packages from a trailer onto a cart. While moving the cart, it struck the employee's heel causing a tear to their Achilles muscle. The employee required surgery.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, working to replace ceiling tiles. They fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was walking backward with a pallet jack loaded with cases of toys. When the employee went to stop the pallet jack, it rolled over his right foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured distal tibia and a torn tendon in his foot that required surgery.

An employee was operating a rolling container carrier (RTC) vehicle in pedestrian mode. When he operated the hand lever to turn it, the RTC pinned his left leg against the pick location. The employee suffered a laceration on his left knee and was hospitalized.

An employee was walking in a dispense area when she tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left hip that required hospitalization and surgery.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.