Area Agency On Aging

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.

An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.

An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.

An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

An employee was working on the airport tarmac preparing flights for takeoff and arrival during an excessive heat advisory. He began experiencing heat-related illness symptoms and went to take a break at baggage claim. While the employee was walking to that area, he tripped over a passenger's bag and fell to the floor, resulting in a hip fracture.

At about 6:10 p.m. on Thursday April 10, 2024, an employee stepped onto a protective plastic laid over a carpet for interior renovations. She slipped and fell, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured left hip.

An employee was loading his tool bag (containing tools) into his car when the tool bag fell on his foot, causing injury.

An employee stood up from her chair and went to exit her cubical. Her foot got caught on the handle of a tote bag, causing her to fall to the ground on her left side. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the left arm.

Employee inhaled paint fumes and was taken to the hospital.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

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.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.