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An employee was operating a power drill when it slipped. The drill bit punctured the employee's hand and they were hospitalized.

An employee was on a 12-foot extension ladder while painting the wall and soffit area of a pavilion less than 6 feet off the ground. The employee was using a sprayer when he fell off ladder and landed on his arm on the dirt clay ground. The employee sustained a dislocated elbow and fractures to his right arm and wrist that included an open fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was descending a 6-foot platform ladder. He missed the bottom rung, landed on the edge of his right foot on the concrete floor, and broke his right ankle.

An employee was on top of a test chamber approximately 20 feet above the ground while working on some lamps. They fell down a 1.5-foot space between the test chamber and the repair shop wall, landing on a wooden box on the floor. The employee suffered a fractured hip.

An employee was helping a subcontractor remove a glass pane from a window when the glass broke, resulting in a laceration to their right forearm.

An employee was working inside a trench box in an excavation, putting gravel under a pipe. An excavator dropped gravel from its bucket into the trench. When the excavator began to curl out its bucket, it pinned the employee's right leg between the bucket and a spreader bar, causing two lacerations (one below the knee and one above). The employee was hospitalized.

The injured employee was speaking to the operator of a forklift to ask them to pick up some materials. The employee then walked behind the forklift to re-enter a building. The forklift turned around and struck the employee's foot, causing the employee to fall to the ground. Thee employee suffered a broken toe.

An employee was adjusting the forks of a forklift when his right index finger became caught between a fork and the mast, resulting in a crush injury that required a surgical fingertip amputation.

An employee was assisting with cutting a vertical steel pile. A 16-foot by 9-inch section of pile dropped to the side and bounced off a previously cut pile and toward the employee. The employee was struck in the torso and leg, causing his knee to dislocate from his femur. The employee was hospitalized.

On August 20, 2025, an employee was working from a scaffold while painting the inside of a 30-by-30-foot ground-level water tank. While descending the scaffold, a wheel on the brace broke and the scaffold tipped over. The employee fell approximately 18 feet to the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

On August 13, 2025, an employee was marking out line and grade for an inlet box. While he was stepping from one 18-inch reinforced concrete pipe to another, his foot slipped and he struck the pipe and fell. He suffered a broken left tibia.

On August 12, 2025, an employee was stepping from one concrete slab to another when he fell approximately 12 inches. He suffered a laceration to the right shin (with muscle damage) and was hospitalized.

On August 12, 2025, an employee fell from a 6-foot ladder to the concrete floor 4 feet below him. His hard hat came off during the fall, and his head struck the concrete. He suffered a broken skull.

An employee had just finished pouring a concrete slab from a truck. The employee was clearing the line when asphalt splashed onto her and burned her. She was hospitalized.

An employee was on a ladder repairing a roll-up garage door when they fell 10-15 feet. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their ribs and arm.

Employees were removing a damaged uninterrupted power supply (UPS) from an audio/visual rack system. The injured employee was pulling from the front. Two other employees were pushing from the rear when they lost their grip. The UPS fell, pinching the injured employee s middle finger against the floor. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated without bone loss.

An employee was cutting a cast iron pipe when the pipe fell onto his right hand, resulting in amputation of the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

On July 30, 2025, at approximately 8:30 AM, an employee was installing a storm drain pipe in a trench that was approximately 14 feet deep. While working near the edge of the trench, the employee exited the trench box. A section of the trench wall collapsed, striking the employee and causing him to fall into an adjacent manhole box within the trench. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder and a fractured femur.

On July 25, 2025, an employee was walking on roof trusses when they fell 10 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a back injury.

An employee was power washing the roof in preparation for installing a roof coating. The employee stepped on a translucent skylight panel on the roof and fell through the panel, landing approximately 15 feet below. The employee sustained brain swelling and fractured ribs.

An employee was replacing a circuit breaker in a panel and sustained electrical burns to his right hand and both forearms.

An employee was moving lumber around a job site when he experienced symptoms of heat exhaustion and called an ambulance. He was hospitalized and received treatment for heat exhaustion.

A crane cable was pulled out of plumb while upending a pre-assembled steel formwork. As the formwork started to leave the ground it self-corrected and swung toward the crane. After reaching plumb, the formwork continued toward the crane in an pendulum motion. The injured employee was assisting with the positioning and was caught between the formwork and a section of the crane. The employee's right elbow was injured.

An employee was cutting housewrap around window openings from inside a house under construction when they fell through an open stairwell and struck the concrete floor approximately 23 feet below. The employee sustained fractures and was hospitalized.

An employee was parking equipment in the yard and experienced nausea. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.