A maintenance employee was changing an apartment window screen. As he started to climb down the ladder, the ladder slipped. The latch was not attached to the ladder rung at the time of the incident.
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 531390)
An employee cleared a jam on a conveyor while on a platform ladder. The employee lost balance while descending the ladder and his shirt got caught on a roller on the underside of the conveyor. As a result, his arm and hand were pulled into the roller. The employee was hospitalized with fractures that required surgery.
An employee was responding to an active leak in an apartment unit at around 18:00 hours. He was working on the water heater and tightened the top element. Pressure and hot water starting to spill out and burned both his hands, his right ankle, and his lower right leg.
An employee was walking around a commercial site conducting a pre-purchase evaluation. He slipped on ice/snow and fell to the ground, sustaining a knee injury that required hospitalization and 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.