Tuff Shed, Inc.

An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.

An employee was using a worm drive saw to cut wood when his thumb was lacerated, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was using a miter saw to cut a 2-by-4. As the employee lowered the saw, the 2-by-4 jumped, causing the blade to amputate the employee's left thumb above the first knuckle.

An employee had been at a customer's home doing warranty work on a shed. After returning to the shop, the employee almost passed out and felt numbness/tingling in one arm. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

While working in the factory/warehouse, an employee observed a trash truck that was dropping off a 20- to 30-yard roll-off dumpster. He noticed some pallets in the area that he thought needed to be moved and yelled at the driver to stop. The driver stopped, but only to release the chain to free the dumpster so it could be positioned. The driver did not hear the employee and proceeded to make the drop. The employee attempted to get up from the area but was struck by the dumpster. He was caught between the dumpster and the loading dock, fracturing his right tibia.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee was working on flooring tile, which required several continuous hours of kneeling. The next morning, he noticed fluid and swelling on the right knee. When he knelt to perform work tasks, he felt an immediate sharp, burning pain. The employee was hospitalized with an infection.

An employee was using a circular saw to cut rafters when their hand contacted the blade, resulting in amputations to their left ring and index fingertips.

The injured employee was inside a scissor lift. The scissor lift operator turned the lift to the left and crushed the injured employee's right hand between the wall and the lift. The injured employee sustained a right hand fracture.

An employee was replacing a light on the outside of a building when they fell from a 10-foot ladder to the pavement below, resulting in a head injury.

An employee was operating a forklift to move material. They slipped on the step while descending from the forklift and fell to the ground, fracturing their tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

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.