Freeman Company

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.

An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was working on a platform, raised 6 to 8 feet in the air, to get something off a rack. The employee fell from the platform to the ground and sustained a head injury and injury to multiple body parts.

An employee was rolling two stacked trunks (on wheels) toward a forklift during load-in for a concert. The trunks toppled over and struck the employee, resulting in hospitalization with fractures to their nose and femur.

An employee was moving a ticketing scanner cart back to the box office when they tripped and fell forward, striking the left side of their head on the base of a refrigerator. The employee had pain in their left knee, shin, arm, and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.

An employee was working on mechanical repairs to a tractor that was on a 22-ton hydraulic lift/jack. The employee was loosening bolts on the rear differential when the jack failed/slipped, and the tractor came down, pushing the employee's drill to the ground. The employee's left hand was caught under the drill with the weight of the tractor pushing down on it. Two of his fingers were lacerated and he was hospitalized.

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to unload a pallet from a delivery truck. While he was turning the pallet jack to move it backward, it sped up, spun, and collided with a loaded, stationary pallet on the ground. His right foot was pinned between the loaded stationary pallet and the pallet jack. The foot was lacerated and he was hospitalized.

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.