Dollar Tree Inc.

An employee fell to the floor while moving a helium tank. The tank fell onto the employee, who sustained a fractured left wrist, a laceration to the left hand, and an impact injury to the head.

On May 23, 2025, an employee was training to drive an end-rider forklift when they lost balance and stepped off the forklift. Their left ankle was caught between the forklift and a pallet of water. The employee was hospitalized with injury to their ankle and required surgery.

An employee was retrieving a food item in an aisle when they slipped and fell to the floor, resulting in a right ankle injury.

A shoplifter picked an employee up by the neck and slammed her to the ground. She suffered contusions on the left side of her head and neck.

An employee driving a forklift and struck a parked forklift. The employee's left ankle was pinned between the two forklifts, resulting in three fractures.

An employee had been assisting a customer when they were struck by a grocery cart and required hip surgery.

During rigging operations, a steel beam rolled onto an employee's lower left leg. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

On December 4, 2023, at 12:30 PM, an employee was grinding a pipe. The stops on the skid failed and a pipe rolled backward onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with bruising and contusions of the right leg.

An employee was connecting two dollies together when his left middle finger was crushed by a dolly, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was loading mail into a delivery vehicle and when their little finger was caught between a mail hamper and the metal door of the vehicle, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

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.

A temporary employee was punched in the face by another temporary employee. He suffered a laceration to the eye.

An employee was backing up a powered industrial vehicle. Her left hand was caught between the vehicle and a rack, and the wrist was broken.

An employee was operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.