U.S. Department of Defense

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut meat and amputated their left middle fingertip.

Two employees were using a dolly to transport a safe. When the dolly moved over the door's transition strip, the dolly and safe bounced, crushing and causing a fracture on the employee's right hand.

On February 22, 2019, an employee was finishing a repair on an HVAC unit when a belt and pulley (on a different piece of equipment) caught the employee's left hand. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating an excavator on a pile of shredded batteries when a section of the pile above the operator broke free. Debris broke through the cab of the excavator and struck the employee, bruising their torso.

A compressed air hose in the back of a yard truck was connected to a trailer. As an employee pulled the yard truck away from the trailer, the quick disconnect in the hose failed. The pressurized hose hit an employee's leg, lacerating it and tearing the calf muscle.

An employee was driving a forklift through plastic curtains. The plastic caught on the frame of the forklift and caused the frame to fall onto the employee's head.

On October 1, 2020, around 6:30 PM, the injured employee was operating an order picker to fill orders. Another employee struck a pallet, which was then pushed into the injured employee's order picker, causing the injured employee to lose balance and fall approximately 15 feet to the ground. The injured employee sustained a brain bleed and fractures to the skull, ribs, arm, and shoulder. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

An employee was on a four-step work stand while sanding an area of an aircraft. He was climbing down the work stand when he tripped over an air hose and fell to the level below, resulting in a fractured femur.

An employee was lifting a manhole cover when it fell on his right foot, resulting in the amputation of his big toe and the adjacent toe.

A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee was assisting a fire crew with clearing a forest trail. The employee was struck in the left leg by a fire-rated chainsaw. The chainsaw struck the employee underneath their chaps and above their boot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee handed a fuel hose to another employee at a gas station pump and then turned around, tripped over the hose, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was conducting fire suppression operations on a wildfire. He pulled a hose from the engine. He then charged the hose and began to put on his gloves. A flareup occurred and the employee sustained burns to his face and hands.

An employee was closing a gun locker in his automobile trunk when his left middle finger was partially amputated by the lid.

An employee was ascending a flight of stairs after exiting their vehicle in an adjacent employee parking lot. The employee stepped to the right to avoid another employee on the left who was descending the stairs. The employee lost their balance and fell on the stairs. They were hospitalized with a laceration/abrasion to their chin, a fractured left humerus, and bruising to their left knee.

A mail handler was moving BMCs on the loading dock when they fell from the loading dock to the concrete ground below. The employee was hospitalized with head trauma.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder while preforming demolition of a ceiling. A section of HVAC ductwork fell on the employee and knocked them to the ground approximately 12 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and lacerations.

On the morning of July 24, 2025, an employee was conducting synthesis of a highly toxic experimental chemical (nerve agent) in a chemical fume hood. The operation was completed at approximately 11:30 AM. The employee was exposed to the chemical and began experiencing symptoms of illness/poisoning around 1:30 PM and was hospitalized.