An employee was walking toward a pump on which he was installing a new suction manifold. He tripped over the old manifold, lying on the ground, and fell. He suffered a compound fracture to the left forearm and was hospitalized.
An employee was pushing a resident in a wheelchair out of a dining room when she tripped and fell on her left side, breaking her left hip. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee's foot got caught in pulse oximeter cables as she walked away from a delivery table. She tried to catch herself on the table, but it moved out of the way and she fell to the floor shoulder first. Both her arms were broken.
An employee was walking in a warehouse when he slipped and fell. His right leg went forward, his left leg buckled, and his left knee struck the floor. He suffered a dislocated kneecap and was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting a store when a steel gate, used to lock and protect the store, fell onto his right shoulder. He suffered a broken right humeral neck, as well as three broken right-side ribs.
An employee lost his balance and fell while entering a store office. His right side and back landed on cases/boxes and he suffered injuries to the T7-T11 vertebrae in his back. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was bringing extra bottles of liquor up from a cellar to the first floor when they lost consciousness and fell down the staircase, striking the concrete wall at the bottom of the stairs. The employee suffered a head injury and a collapsed lung.
A temporary employee was operating a cherry picker forklift with two pallets on the forks. While traveling backward, one of the pallets hit a storage rack. This pallet then pinned the employee's right foot against the rack resulting in amputation of the little toe.
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 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.