Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento

On October 2, 2019, at 12:42 p.m., an employee was walking into the casino for a menu tasting when he tripped on a metal brace for slot signage that was being installed and fell to the floor. Later, at approximately 3:00 p.m., he was found in the men's restroom experiencing shortness of breath and dizziness. He was hospitalized with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, collapsed lung, and an aneurysm of the right iliac artery.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

An employee was changing the paper in a slot machine when their right index finger was struck by the door of the machine resulting in an amputation.

An employee tripped while walking in a hallway, falling to the floor and suffering a broken leg.

A field service technician was servicing a lottery machine behind a counter. An altercation began between a customer and another employee, during which the technician suffered a broken ankle.

There was a natural gas leak in the sewer line of a facility. An employee lit a cigarette, which ignited the natural gas and resulted in an explosion inside the store. The employee suffered burns and was hospitalized.

An employee was touring the store, missed a step, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hematoma.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.