American Greetings Corporation

An employee was moving trash to a dumpster staged in the parking lot. The employee's foot got tangled in discarded wire and they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a broken leg.

An employee was moving empty pallets using a stand-up forklift when their left foot became caught between the forklift and the plastic aisle column protector. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their toe, foot, and ankle.

An employee was on the ground level removing a box from a 72-inch-high storage rack. As the employee stepped backward, she tripped over an adjacent pallet box and fell, sustaining fractures to the hip and left wrist.

An employee fractured his left foot when it was caught between a concrete curb and the forklift he was operating.

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 moving trash to a dumpster staged in the parking lot. The employee's foot got tangled in discarded wire and they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a broken leg.

An employee was moving empty pallets using a stand-up forklift when their left foot became caught between the forklift and the plastic aisle column protector. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their toe, foot, and ankle.

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed envelope from a press when their right hand was pulled into the rollers, crushing their thumb, index and middle fingers.

An employee was walking outside to his car when he slipped on ice/slush and fell on the sidewalk. The employee went to get up and fell again, resulting in a right ankle/foot fracture.

An employee was descending a ladder when she missed the last step and fell, breaking her left kneecap.

An employee tripped over a bin and fell to the floor. She landed on her hip and braced herself with her arm, resulting in a fractured hip and wrist.

An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.

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 loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.