Orkin, LLC

An employee was removing insulation from the attic of a home. He stood up, stepped through the drywall of the attic, and fell 10 feet to the first floor. He was hospitalized, suffering from carbon monoxide overexposure.

An employee was descending a ladder at a customer location when he slipped and fell onto the concrete floor. The employee sustained a punctured lung and injuries to his head, back, and ribs.

An employee was working from a ladder to install a screen on a gable vent. The ladder shifted and he fell to the ground about 25 feet below. He suffered three broken lower-back vertebrae; fractures to the shoulder, collarbone, and skull; and subdural hematomas.

An employee was climbing down a ladder after installing a gutter guard when the ladder slid out from underneath him, causing him to fall onto the ladder and resulting in a concussion and several facial fractures.

An employee slipped and fell in a wet, muddy yard, suffering a broken ankle.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.

An employee was stung by wasps multiple times while doing a meter test. The employee suffered a severe allergic reaction.

An employee was in the middle of a walking meeting was she was stung by a bee. The employee had a reaction to the bee sting resulting in bradycardia and loss of consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.

On August 5, 2025, a brown recluse spider bit an employee on the left thigh while the employee was outside sitting on a crate. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking through a remote location on the worksite looking for spare parts. The employee was stung by a bee, suffered a severe reaction, and was hospitalized.

The injured employee was trimming a bush with a hedge trimmer. He reached over with his left hand to remove a branch. The blades of the trimmer partially amputated his left index finger.

An employee was performing pest control services at a residential home when he tripped and fell on the front porch steps. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist, two fractured ribs, and a subdural hematoma.

An employee was on a 32-foot fiberglass ladder positioned on a porch roof, using a caulk gun to seal the fascia board around the gable of a house. He was about 16 feet up the ladder, which was not fully extended. The base of the ladder slid away from the house. The employee fell onto the porch roof, then to the ground below, a distance of about 10 feet. He suffered broken ribs, lacerations and facial abrasions, and a potential facial fracture.

An employee was going door-to-door selling pest control services during 80+ degree weather. The employee sustained heat stroke and collapsed.

An employee was performing service on a customer's attic. They stepped off a walk board to retrieve a tool and misstepped onto the rafters, causing them to fall approximately 10 to 12 feet. The employee sustained a back injury.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.