Academy Sports and Outdoors

An employee was shelving merchandise in the store's receiving area. They missed a step while coming down from a stock-picking ladder cart and fell approximately 30 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a brain bleed.

An employee was testing a bike. As he got off it, his leg became stuck; this caused him to fall and suffer a broken right ankle. He was hospitalized.

An employee was walking behind a gun counter with a long gun box when he tripped and fell, fracturing his leg.

At about 8:15 a.m. on October 31, 2018, an employee lifted a 5-pound fishing net and felt pain. The pain intensified and he was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a walkie pallet jack to pick up a load when she turned the pallet jack sharply. The pallet jack then increased speed and threw her into a support beam. She was pinned between the pallet jack and the beam, and as she attempted to get un-stuck, she accidentally hit the accelerator, causing the pallet jack to strike her again. She suffered a laceration to the right leg, pelvic fracture, and fracture to the L5 vertebra.

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.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an upright supporting the forklift's overhead guard. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the hand, just below the little finger.

An employee was walking to their work station. As the floor transitioned from concrete to wood, the employee tripped and fell to the floor, landing on their right side. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery for a fractured hip.

An employee was shelving merchandise in the store's receiving area. They missed a step while coming down from a stock-picking ladder cart and fell approximately 30 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a brain bleed.

An employee was walking on the second level of the store's backstock area when they fell through a grate that was opened to move stock from one level to the next, landing on the floor. The employee fractured their right heel and strained their back.

An employee was stocking duffle bags on shelves using a 4-foot step ladder when they lost their balance and fell to the floor. They struck their head on shelving or the floor, resulting in a concussion.

An employee was on a step ladder getting shoes from the top shelf. She fell off the ladder approximately two feet and sustained a broken left tibia that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

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 inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

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.