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An employee was working on an industrial dryer when the dryer door fell due to a defective air blocking valve that normally holds the door in place. The employee was struck in the neck and shoulder by the dryer door and sustained fractures to his C1 and C3 vertebrae, a spinal compression at the C2 vertebra, and a bruised right shoulder.

An employee was performing daily rounds in the mechanical room when he tripped and fell forward, resulting in a left wrist fracture that required surgery.

On July 16, 2021, an employee was operating a lift when his left hand was caught between the lift and a sort rail. He suffered a laceration and nerve damage to the hand and was hospitalized.

n employee tripped on a comfort mat and fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip.

An employee was filling a chemical day tank when 5 gallons of acid overflowed onto the floor. As he was cleaning it up, the acid flowed over his shoes and burned his feet and toes.

A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

A patient kicked a police officer in the leg, rupturing their patellar tendon. The police officer required hospitalization and surgery.

A cashier was hit in the face by a customer. The employee sustained injuries to his head and face.

An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.

A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.

A maintenance technician was investigating a noise coming from a conveyor. His left hand was caught by a roller and pulled in up to the forearm. The employee's forearm was fractured.

An employee was preparing a truck at a loading dock. She was placing the manual dock leveler device when her left middle finger became caught in the leveler. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was using a machine that irons and folds table napkins when a string from her sweatshirt got caught in the rollers. Her hand was pulled into the machine's point of operation, resulting in crush injuries that included a broken wrist.

On March 20, 2025, an employee was making a delivery at a customer location when they slipped on ice and fell off the bumper of the delivery truck to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.

An employee was manually loading a washing machine when her foot became caught under an air hose and she fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured left hip and required surgery.

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.