C & S Wholesale Grocers Inc.

Two order pickers turned into the same aisle in a warehouse. One of them hit a pallet, which fell and landed on the right leg of the employee operating the other order picker. The leg was broken above the ankle.

An employee was changing the battery in a forklift. As the employee hooked the hoist to the battery, the up button on the hoist controls was actuated and their index finger was caught between the hoist hook and the battery eyelet. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was operating a front-rider pallet jack from a freezer box to the loading dock when the vehicle collided with a stand-up forklift that was driving around a corner. The employee suffered multiple fractures in their left foot.

An employee was lifting a case of water and strained their back.

An employee was driving a pallet jack. When he made a right turn his foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a building column. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the foot.

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 pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was making a delivery in a truck. As he exited the truck, he fell on a step and then to the ground, resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was picking items from the freezer section of the warehouse. When he stepped down onto the floor, he turned on the planted foot, and felt a "pop" and pain in his knee. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated knee and two torn tendons. He required surgery to repair the tendons.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it pinned his right ankle against some racking. The ankle was broken and he was hospitalized.

At 7:40 a.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was unloading a bulkhead at a dock door. As he pulled the bulkhead out of a trailer, its plastic lip caught on the dock plate, causing the employee to fall and twist his left leg, knee, and hip. The hip was broken and he was hospitalized, requiring 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.