On August 18, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., an employee was working on a ladder when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle.
An employee was on a ladder outside a store. A gust of wind caught a plywood board the employee was working with, causing the employee to fall from the ladder to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs.
On April 24, 2024, an employee was moving material in the back of a trailer. The employee fell out the back of the trailer, landed on the pavement below, and suffered rib injuries.
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 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 fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 441310)
An employee was carrying a plastic tote full of brake rotors. His foot caught the corner of a pallet, causing him to fall to the concrete floor and break his hip.
An employee was working on a vehicle in a bay. As he turned around, his foot caught on the leg of a lift and he heard/felt a snap and pop in his right hip and fell. The employee sustained a torn hamstring in his right leg.
An employee was installing a driveshaft on a customer's vehicle. He was using a floor jack to hold the driveshaft in place to line up the bolts. The driveshaft moved off the jack and crushed his left ring fingertip, resulting in an open fracture of the tuft of the distal phalanx, as well as a partial amputation.
An employee was in a truck, helping a team lift a 55-gallon drum into the truck. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
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 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.