An employee was crouched down in the cooler and was restocking a shelf when a stack of water next to him began to crumple. Approximately 4-5 cases of water fell onto his left side, striking his left foot and knee, as well as the left side of his back. The employee was hospitalized with contusions to his abdominal wall, left chest wall, and his left hip and thigh.
An employee was loading a trailer of automotive parts when the load caught the top of the trailer. He jumped up to clear a wedged item. When the item came down, the load collapsed onto the employee, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
On July 24, 2025, an employee was unloading stacks of empty, 96-gallon medical waste containers. A stack of 10 containers, which weighed approximately 460 pounds, fell on him. The employee was hospitalized with multiple head, face, and neck injuries and a back injury requiring surgery.
An employee was stocking cement boards when a stack of cement boards fell over and crushed them. The employee sustained fractures to their clavicle and ribs, as well as a punctured lung.
An employee was unpacking boxes and removing plastic wrap from a pallet that was approximately 6 feet tall. There were also some mirrors in the middle of the pallet. While removing the mirrors, some boxes began to fall off the pallet causing the employee to fall backward to the ground. Boxes did fall on the employee and the fall resulted in a fractured right hip requiring hospitalization and surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493110)
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
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 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.