Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores

An employee was assisting with straightening out a bent mudflap bracket using a jack. As the mudflap moved, the jack shifted causing the employee's hand to strike the bottom of the semi-trailer. The employee sustained abrasions and a fracture to the hand that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee jacked up a trailer for repair and then got under the axle to perform work. The trailer was equipped with an auto-leveling system. The system activated and pinned the employee between the axle and the ground.

An employee was working on a customer's semi trailer. The engine was started, causing the trailer to lower onto the employee's right hand. The employee's index and middle fingers were crushed.

On 5/6/2016, an employee broke his left femur while installing a tire on an 18-wheeler. He used a torque wrench to tighten the lug nuts. The torque wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance, fell forward, and broke his left femur. The employee was hospitalized as a result of the injury.

An employee was working on a truck that was on a jack stand. The truck came off the jack stand and struck the employee's torso, causing internal injuries and bleeding.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

On June 26, 2025, an employee was walking to clean product from the floor when she slipped on a cardboard display that a customer had knocked onto the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle and required surgery.

An employee was removing decals off the side of a tanker truck while on an 8-foot step ladder. He had one foot on the third rung of the ladder and one foot on the hose tray of the truck. The ladder kicked out from underneath the employee. His feet were tangled in the ladder as he fell approximately 3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and required surgery.

An employee was returning from break and walking back to the building from his car when he was struck by a commercial truck and trailer. The truck struck him and when he went to roll out of the way, the trailer ran over his left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and puncture to his left leg and road rash to both of his legs.

An employee was opening a box to stock the cooler when the box cutter severely lacerated his left palm, requiring surgery.

An employee was coming out of a room when the door closed on her right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

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 standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.