Academy Sports and Outdoors

An employee was shelving merchandise in the store's receiving area. They missed a step while coming down from a stock-picking ladder cart and fell approximately 30 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a brain bleed.

An employee was moving merchandise using a forklift. The employee's leg became caught between the forklift and a metal beam; the leg and foot were broken.

An employee was walking behind a gun counter with a long gun box when he tripped and fell, fracturing his leg.

At about 8:15 a.m. on October 31, 2018, an employee lifted a 5-pound fishing net and felt pain. The pain intensified and he was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a walkie pallet jack to pick up a load when she turned the pallet jack sharply. The pallet jack then increased speed and threw her into a support beam. She was pinned between the pallet jack and the beam, and as she attempted to get un-stuck, she accidentally hit the accelerator, causing the pallet jack to strike her again. She suffered a laceration to the right leg, pelvic fracture, and fracture to the L5 vertebra.

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.

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 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.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was unloading boxes when they fell, hitting the employee on the head, neck, and back. The employee suffered a concussion.

An employee attempted to sit on a shoe bench when she contacted the edge of the bench and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

An employee was standing outside his forklift, cleaning it, when another forklift backed into him. He suffered internal injuries.

An employee was operating a cherry picker when it struck a concrete column. The employee was ejected from the cherry picker and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

An employee tripped on the base of a wall and fell. She sustained a fractured right arm and a dislocated right wrist.

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.