HomeGoods

On September 5, 2024, at around 6:04 PM, an employee was leaving work for the day, tripped over the foot of a TV stand in the breakroom, and hit their head on a table. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the right side of their forehead.

An employee was walking in a back stock room. She lost her balance and fell to the floor, landing on her right hip and breaking it.

On February 28, 2022, an employee tripped over a mat at a service desk. She fell, landing on the floor on her right side, and suffered injuries to the right hip, knee, and arm.

An employee was walking in an aisleway, slipped on oil on the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a skull fracture and a right elbow fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee experienced an allergic reaction to latex gloves sold in the store, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

An employee was using a CNC mill to drill and countersink holes in a plastic wood product. Their left hand contacted the point of operation (a 1/4" drill bit with a 3/4" countersink) of the vertical drill resulting in a fractured fourth finger and partial amputations (between the last joint and fingernail) of the middle and little fingers.

Two employees were performing merchandising duties and team lifting a wicker-style end table. The injured employee lost their grip on the table and it fell. The employee then lost their balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right leg near the knee.

A cashier turned and tripped over a register scanner cord. She fell to the floor, fractured her right knee, and dislocated her left shoulder.

An employee placed a bale of hay in the back of vehicle and the vehicle departed the area. The employee started sweeping hay that had fallen onto the dock platform when they fell on the wet hay. The employee then fell 3-4 feet off the dock platform, resulting in a broken left hip.

An employee was working on the sales floor in the entertaining department of the store. As she was backing up, she tripped over a charcuterie board sticking out of a shelf and fell to the concrete floor. She sustained a broken left little toe and a displaced pelvic fracture.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.