An employee was climbing on a chair. The chair slipped out from under him, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee sustained a concussion and a cerebral hemorrhage.
An employee was descending a 10-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder came out from under the employee when he was about 5 to 6 feet above ground level. He fell, landed on the left side of his body, and sustained fractures to four ribs, his pelvis, and hip socket, and sustained injuries on the left side of his body. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was handling a small platform ladder with three steps and two wheels in the front. The employee was found on the floor underneath the ladder. She was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the sacrum.
An employee was on a ladder four feet above the ground to install insulation. The ladder began to slide and the employee jumped to the shop floor, breaking his left tibia and fibula at the ankle. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
On July 21, 2025, an employee was working from a 10-foot step ladder while installing a 3-by-5-foot glass window pane on the outside of a new home under construction. The window fell from the frame and the employee went to catch it when the ladder slipped. The employee fell 5 feet to the ground and landed on small pieces of concrete left over from the foundation pour. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractured wrist that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 812199)
On July 23, 2025, at approximately 7:20 a.m., an employee was walking to see inmates when they slipped on a towel on the floor. They fell to the floor and landed on their left side, near their ribs. The employee was hospitalized with kidney bleeding on their left side.
An employee was walking to clean off their car when they slipped on ice/snow and fell. The employee sustained a displaced fracture to their right ankle.
An employee was replacing the pull mechanism (rope) on a dunk tank when he slipped from a fixed folding chair mounted on the floor, causing his right little finger to become caught on the metal corner of the water tank. He sustained amputation of the right little finger to the second knuckle.
An employee was sorting boxes on a conveyor belt line when his hand got caught in the conveyor belt, resulting in an amputation of the left index fingertip.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.