Bealls, Inc

An employee was cleaning out rollers on a trash conveyor that was shut down. During cleaning, the employee removed tape from a roller. When the employee turned the conveyor back on, the tape was pulled back up and wrapped around the employee's left arm and pulled it into the conveyor, resulting in an upper arm fracture.

An employee was climbing a 6-foot A-frame ladder that was placed on a table to access and repair an oscillating fan mounted on the wall. The ladder was leaning against the wall and as the employee began to climb the ladder, the table moved away from the wall. The employee fell to the concrete floor and sustained bruised ribs and lacerations that required staples.

An employee was walking up the stairs when they turned to go back down and fell down two or three steps to the floor, resulting in a fractured left ankle.

An employee was walking around a corner when her left foot caught on something and she fell on a hard object, fracturing her left hip.

An employee was using the scanner, tripped over the scanner cord and fell fracturing a hip.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the stock room when they slipped on a wet floor and fell, resulting in a sprained left wrist and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing down a ladder. She fell from about 3 feet up, grabbed storage racking but could not break her fall, and landed on the floor. She suffered an injury to the left knee, as well as cuts on the right middle and ring fingers. She was hospitalized.

An employee was exiting the building and walking down the stairs with co-workers when she fell down the stairs and landed on her left hip, fracturing it.

An employee was utilizing an inclined conveyor belt in the stock room to transport a bathroom rug to the second floor. She was at the bottom of the conveyor belt when the rug fell into the conveyor roller mechanism, jamming it. She was working to clear the jam when her right arm became caught in the 3.5-inch gap between the powered conveyor belt and the underside roller. The employee was hospitalized with six fractures, including her forearm, index finger, ring finger, wrist, and thumb, as well as a severed artery. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was repositioning merchandise after the floor was stripped and waxed when they slipped on uncured wax and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.