G. W. Brooks & Son, Inc.

An employee was walking on a job site when they were struck from behind by a pickup truck. The employee sustained fractures to the arms, pelvis, and legs.

An employee was leaf blowing to help clean the road. An excavator began backing up and caught the employee's foot, causing her to fall to the ground. The employee sustained the loss of a tooth, abrasions to the face and hand, and a cut to the foot.

An employee was tying a hose. A truck backed up, pinching the employee's leg between the hose and hammer union, resulting in a right fibula fracture.

An employee was using a ladder to cover a load of wood chips. A truck was trying to get by, so the employee got off the ladder and moved it out of the way. As the truck passed by, it struck the employee causing fractures to his lower right leg.

A crew was setting up to clean out a squeegee machine. The controls of the machine were struck by a spray wand, shifting the machine from park to reverse. When the machine was started, it lunged backward and caught an employee s leg against a water truck. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.

An employee slipped while climbing a ladder on a skidder, fell to the ground, and suffered a tibia/fibula fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.