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In the back of the warehouse, two temporary employees were unloading a truck that was full of bags. The bags tipped over and fell onto one of the employees and fractured his legs. The employee required surgery.

A temporary employee was on the second rung of a ladder installing a window on the third floor of a residence. The suction cups on the window failed causing him to fall approximately 10 feet. He fell through the scaffolding on the second floor and then rolled down the stairwell to the first floor. The employee sustained fractured discs and a fractured hip.

An employee was struck and injured by a forklift. The employee was hospitalized.

At about 2:30 p.m. on June 15, 2020, a temporary employee was drilling holes in the outside wall of a house (to install shutters) when he became lightheaded due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. He was hospitalized.

After picking debris up outside between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., a temporary employee became overheated and was cramping up due to heat exhaustion.

An employee was breaking down traffic control equipment on a county road. A car struck the employee, who suffered a right knee dislocation (with soft tissue involvement) and a lacerated left forearm, along with abrasions and other lacerations.

On November 10, 2023, an employee was flagging and directing temporary traffic controls on a natural gas line replacement project. The employee was struck by a motor vehicle and sustained multiple injuries including an internal tear to an artery, a shoulder injury, and a broken leg.

On November 9, 2023, an employee was picking up cones and equipment from the roadway in a work zone when they were struck by a motor vehicle. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.

A dump truck driver was standing inside a designated work zone while cleaning out the bed of the truck when they were struck by a car and sustained a traumatic brain injury and fractures.

An employee was in the road looking inside a manhole when they were struck by a box truck. The employee sustained injuries to his head, jaw, and pelvis that required hospitalization.

A temporary employee fell from an A-frame ladder to the floor about 5 to 6 feet below. He suffered fractures to his left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

A temporary employee was operating an electric pallet jack at a loading dock. While maneuvering the pallet jack into a trailer, the equipment loaded onto the pallet jack began shifting to the left. The employee's left foot was caught between a yellow guardrail and the side platform of the pallet jack, and his left ankle was crushed and fractured.

A temporary employee was cleaning a room and compressing the contents of a garbage bin using her right foot. As she pulled her leg out of the bin, she lost balance and fell to the ground, landing on her left hip. The employee sustained a fracture to her left hip and was hospitalized.

An employee was driving an electric pallet jack when it struck a rack. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed and lacerated right ankle.

A temporary employee was filling a sweeper with gas at a construction site. He was shocked by the jumper cables, which caused him to move his right hand into the sweeper's rotating fan blades. His middle fingertip was amputated.

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.