Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc.

An employee began to feel unwell after returning to the shop from a road call. He was hospitalized with a heat-related illness.

An employee's left index finger was caught between the frame and the door of a safe as the safe's door was being closed, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was taking trash to the compactor when they slipped on a concrete pad and fell, resulting in a right leg fracture.

An employee was carrying air filters to the roof when they fell approximately 16 feet from the top of a fixed ladder. The employee's head contacted an electrical box during the fall, resulting in head trauma.

An employee was walking across a truck-weighing scale. She tripped over the lip of the scale and fell, breaking her left wrist.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

An employee was repairing the suspension of a semi-trailer. He was installing an air bag to the suspension when his left ring finger was crushed between the air bag and the suspension mounting beam. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was refueling a pressure washer when it ignited and exploded. He suffered multiple third-degree burns to his chest and hands.

A mechanic had just finished a repair on a straight truck with a flatbed , which had been lifted using a bottle jack. As the employee was about to remove the jack, it failed. The truck shifted forward, dropped down, and struck the employee's chest. He suffered broken ribs and a broken shoulder.

An employee was performing diagnostic work on a vehicle engine. As the employee was leaning over the front of the vehicle, the engine was activated. A fuel leak had produced fumes around the engine, and the ignition spark ignited them. The employee suffered second-degree burns to both hands, both biceps, and the upper chest area.

An employee was hot patching a tire, which involves lighting a flammable liquid on fire to patch the tire. The flammable liquid contacted his arm, and he sustained burns to his arms and face.

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.