Jo-Ann Stores, LLC

An employee was cutting pieces of plywood with a table saw and amputated their left thumb.

An employee was operating a standing forklift and tried to prevent boxes from falling. His left little finger was crushed between the forklift and metal shelving resulting in amputation.

An employee was putting away fabric when a wooden dowel rod fell. The employee tried to catch it, lost their balance, and fell on the floor sustaining a fractured hip.

An employee was climbing down a ladder after putting material away on shelves. She fell to the ground, hitting her hand and head and twisting her ankle and leg. She was hospitalized with a broken femur.

An employee tripped on a hair tie on the sales floor and fell to the ground, fracturing her right knee.

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.

An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.

An employee was exiting an elevator when he lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

An employee was cutting pieces of plywood with a table saw and amputated their left thumb.

An employee was operating a standing forklift and tried to prevent boxes from falling. His left little finger was crushed between the forklift and metal shelving resulting in amputation.

An employee was driving a reach truck down an aisle when the truck collided with a structural column. The employee's arm left the operator's compartment, and the employee suffered a broken arm.

On September 24, 2021, at 8:50 a.m., an employee was driving a stand-up forklift when the forklift collided with palletized material. The employee's left foot was crushed under the lift, resulting in multiple toe amputations.

While walking toward the store, an employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg.

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.