LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES INC

An employee was sitting on a 24-inch folding stool when they fell off the stool and the stool collapsed. The foldable legs of the stool amputated the employee's right index finger.

An employee was working on a truck that had broken down. A jack had been used to raise the trailer. The jack slipped, and the employee's hand was pinned between the trailer and a tire. The employee underwent surgery for injuries to the ring and little fingers.

An employee was removing a hose from a power washer and sustained burns to the right hand from the hot water that was in the hose.

On April 25, 2020, at approximately 6:15 a.m., an employee was inflating a dismounted tractor-trailer tire on the interstate when the single piece wheel rim was ejected from the tire and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained face and head injuries.

An employee was servicing a customer's box truck on the side of the road. The vehicle was up on a jack and the employee was working under it. The jack sunk into the ground, causing the truck to fall and pin the employee underneath it. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured back.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

An employee was crouched down in the cooler and was restocking a shelf when a stack of water next to him began to crumple. Approximately 4-5 cases of water fell onto his left side, striking his left foot and knee, as well as the left side of his back. The employee was hospitalized with contusions to his abdominal wall, left chest wall, and his left hip and thigh.

An employee was washing drip trays at a sink. She then carried multiple drip trays to the beverage area. She tripped over a box of trash bags and fell against a refrigerator. She sustained a fractured sacrum.

An employee was standing by a condiment rack while getting condiment packets to restock a food service area. Another employee came out of the nearby freezer. As the door opened, it struck the injured employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.

An employee was standing at the register and tripped over a power cord that was hanging down from a shelf. He fell on his ankle and hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

An employee fell from a step ladder to the floor and sustained a fractured left hip.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.