Nebraska Furniture Mart

An employee was unloading a refrigerator from a truck. As he pulled the plastic straps to get the refrigerator to the edge of the truck, the straps broke, causing the employee to fall off the truck. He sustained a head injury.

Security officers were pursuing a suspect. An officer running on the concrete sidewalk fell and injured both knees.

An employee was driving a loaded stock picker down an aisle. The loaded product struck a support beam and swung around, pinning the employee against the front of the stock picker. The employee suffered damaged tendons in the right leg.

An employee was walking through the workplace parking lot to go in to work when an individual drove up, got out of their vehicle, and shot the employee in the back.

The injured employee was installing fan belts and alternators. Another employee came into the work area with a torque gun and began poking the injured employee with the tip of the torque gun and then activated the tool. The spinning tip of the torque gun caught the injured employee's left glove and amputated her middle finger.

An employee was working on a hot strip mill when a co-worker approached from behind and pushed in the back of the employee's left knee, causing it to buckle. The employee fell to the ground and sustained torn ligaments in the left knee.

Employee 1 fell on employee 2's leg, causing several fractures in employee 2's leg that required hospitalization.

Two employees were involved in horseplay while walking when one employee fell and struck their head on the concrete floor resulting in a concussion.

The employee was on break in the hallway and engaged in horseplay with another employee. As the employee turned to run, he lost his footing and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an upright supporting the forklift's overhead guard. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the hand, just below the little finger.

An employee was climbing a 10 foot ladder to reach the top of a warehouse rack. He stepped off the ladder onto the racking, slipped, and fell to the concrete floor, hitting the ladder on the way down. He suffered a broken pelvis.

An employee was walking into the store to clock in when she tripped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fracture of her proximal right tibia.

The store was being remodeled. Fumes from painting caused an employee to have an asthma attack.

An employee was loading merchandise into a truck when their right foot stepped on a 4-way dolly, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground, hitting their chin on the sideboard. The employee was hospitalized for injury to their spine.

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.