Sam's East, Inc.

An employee was throwing boxes into the baler and moving about the baler area when a forklift ran over their left foot and fractured it.

Two employees were walking back to the building after a short break outside. While on break they encountered a customer driving fast in the parking lot and told the driver to slow down. Three people from this vehicle followed the employees onto the sales floor and assaulted the employees. One employee sustained fractures to their nose and jaw which required hospitalization and surgery. The other employee sustained injuries but was not hospitalized.

On 6/17/24, an employee was working behind the food counter when they tripped and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken left hip and was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was retrieving work materials from the bar area. She then left the bar area and was struck by a forklift. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and lacerations to the left foot that required surgery.

An employee had been pushing a cart in the warehouse and retrieving cases from a pickup location. The employee became ill and experienced nausea and dizziness, caused by heat exhaustion.

An employee was operating a forklift on the airport ramp environment to help offload cargo pallets from a tractor trailer. He was manually locking the cargo dolly (a specialized piece of ground support equipment used to transfer pallets) to prevent the load device from shifting or falling off the dolly during transportation. The employee stepped between the K-loader and the dolly to put up a lock when they became pinned between the loader and the dolly, resulting in inflammation to their left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee had been loading a trailer. Their foot was caught in the trailer and/or trailer hitch, resulting in a severe laceration to a toe that required surgical amputation.

An employee had been trimming trees. They were found unresponsive in the cabin of the trimmer. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

The injured employee was standing on a form/bed where concrete is poured and was removing concrete from the form(s). Another employee indicated through hand signals to the injured employee that the chocks had not been removed from the strands. The employee jumped down from the bed to ground level. The bed then started moving toward him. He went to jump over the drive wheel to get out of the way of the bed, but his foot got caught in the drive wheel. The employee sustained a severe laceration and crush injuries to the foot that required surgery.

An employee was preparing meals in a kitchen when an object struck their head, resulting in a laceration to the head and a swollen right eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a brain injury.

An employee was picking an item in the picking area when a can of sweet peas fell onto his left ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation through the phalanx.

An employee was in the dairy cooler and bent down to get something for a customer. While standing up, the back of his head struck a top stock cart. The employee suffered a brain bleed and required surgery.

On June 5, 2025, an employee was pouring a bottle of antimicrobial produce wash when they inhaled the product and sustained irritation in their lungs and dizziness. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking when their foot caught on the edge of a plate connected to a beam and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was preparing to make a delivery to a store when his hand was caught in the side lift gate of the trailer. The employee sustained tissue amputations of his middle and ring fingertips and an open fracture to the tuft of his ring finger.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

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 slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.