Human Care Services for Families & Children, Inc.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

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 using a meat saw to slice pork when the blade amputated their right little fingertip.

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

An employee was in a one-person mobile scaffold, changing light bulbs in a church sanctuary ceiling. The scaffold fell over and the employee (who was secured in the lift basket) fell about 15 feet onto pews. He suffered broken ribs and a broken right arm; he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was sitting with a client in a dental exam room. When she stood up at the end of the appointment, her foot got caught on a cord that operates the dental hand pieces, causing her to trip and fall to the floor on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur and required surgery.

An employee was on a ladder, adjusting a security camera outside a building. He fell from the ladder, landed on the ground on his back, and suffered head and back injuries that caused him to lose consciousness. He was hospitalized.

An employee was pushing a lawn mower on a slope when he slipped and his left foot went under the mower deck and contacted the blade. The employee sustained an amputation of the first toe.

An employee was transferring a resident from a seat to their wheelchair when the back of her sneaker caught on a lip of the floor threshold. The employee fell backward to the ground and the resident fell on top of her. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg and required surgery.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

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's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

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.