Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

On February 20, 2025, at approximately 5:45 p.m., an employee was stocking bananas when he tripped and fell to the ground, injuring his right hamstring. He was hospitalized with a hematoma and a torn ligament.

An employee was inflating a tire on a flatbed trailer when the tire exploded. The rim struck the employee, resulting in a broken right arm.

On October 27, 2023, the injured employee was moving material from the aisles to the staging area when another forklift entered the aisle. The injured employee jumped from his forklift, injuring his lower leg on a pallet being transported on the other forklift.

An employee was checking receipts when they were punched by a customer, fell and struck their head on the ground. They sustained a brain bleed and concussion.

An employee was operating a forklift outside in the garden center. The forklift went between two bollards and his left foot was caught between a bollard and the forklift. The employee sustained a deep laceration to the side of his foot and the little toe was medically amputated.

An employee was operating a band saw when his right little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.

An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.

An employee was using a shaper to cut wood when their right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

An employee was walking across a sales floor. The employee and a customer collided at a corner; the employee fell and broke their right kneecap on the floor. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it struck a steel rack and he fell from the PIT to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg and required surgery.

An employee was standing on a ladder, using a stick to push a blanket to unblock a tunnel. The ladder started to shake and the employee fell from the ladder, landing on his back on the concrete floor. He sustained a fracture to his lower back, pelvis fractures, and a concussion.

An employee was unloading merchandise from a trailer using a pallet jack when he became caught between the pallet and the rolling tracks of the pallet jack. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured bone in his leg and required surgery.

On May 3, 2025, an employee was getting an item from the freezer when she tripped on a pallet that was behind her and fell, striking the ground. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the lower right side of her body and muscle spasms.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.