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A temporary employee was punched in the face by another temporary employee. He suffered a laceration to the eye.

An employee was standing at the back of a powered industrial truck (PIT), entering information into the vehicle-mounted computer. Another PIT passed by him carrying a double-stacked rack. The rack pinned his right leg against his own PIT. His leg was fractured and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

On September 7, 2025, at approximately 12:32 PM, an employee was working to open a stuck trailer door using a pry bar. The pry bar came loose and struck the employee on the right side of his jaw resulting in a fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

The injured employee had been operating a forklift on a dock. He went to push another forklift with his forklift and a portion of the forklift entered the operator compartment. He sustained a fracture to his left foot/ankle.

An employee was fulfilling orders when their foot was run over by a center-rider forklift. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot.

On July 29, 2025, an employee was using a riding pallet jack to load gaylords (corrugated boxes) into a trailer. While reversing out of the trailer, the pallet jack backed into a protective bollard. The employee's hand was crushed between the pallet jack and the bollard. He sustained fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee had been delivering packages. At the end of his workday, he began to feel ill and was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

An employee was granting access to a vacant building for a vendor to perform testing. The employee was on the roof of the building when they stepped through a skylight and fell 18 feet to the concrete below, resulting in injuries including fractures to their eye socket, ribs, wrist, and ankle.

An employee was walking across the parking lot from his vehicle to the facility when he suffered a twisted left ankle that resulted in an open compound fracture.

An employee was removing a box from a conveyor belt. The employee's finger became stuck in the belt and its motor, causing a partial amputation.

An employee drove an electric pallet jack (EPJ) into a trailer. As he exited the EPJ, his foot became caught between the EPJ and the trailer wall. The employee sustained a fractured left foot.

On April 15, 2025, an employee was delivering mail when they were attacked by three dogs, resulting in bites to the legs and arms. The employee also sustained a head laceration from falling as they were running away from the dogs.

An employee was stepping out of a package car when they stepped on a soda or water bottle and fell. The employee sustained a dislocated/fractured right ankle.

On March 14, 2025, an employee was transporting merchandise between two buildings with a powered pallet jack. His foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a vertical support beam, and he suffered a crushing injury to the left foot. He was hospitalized.

An employee was walking on the side of a belt when the belt jammed. While it was being unjammed, a 24-pound package fell from it and struck the employee's head. The employee suffered a head contusion, a concussion, and pain (in the head and neck) and was hospitalized.

The injured employee was selecting food product from a pick slot while standing between her cart and the pick slot. Another employee approached on his tow tractor; he went to turn his tow tractor around so the hitch could attach to his cart, which was next to the injured employee's cart. While the tow tractor was turning around, it struck the injured employee's cart. The injured employee was struck by the hitch of her cart and was pinned between her cart and the pick slot. The employee sustained a severe laceration to her left leg.

On February 15, 2025, at approximately 12:18 AM, an employee was driving a forklift when the forklift struck a concrete bollard next to the firewall. The employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and the concrete bollard. The employee was hospitalized with skin injuries and fractures to their left foot/ankle.

An employee was working on a conveyor belt when their left hand became stuck in a roller of the conveyor belt. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the middle finger.

On January 21, 2025, an employee lost his footing while exiting a material handling vehicle. He fell onto the concrete floor, suffered a broken hip, and was hospitalized.

An employee was walking toward a dock when a forklift backed into him, knocking him over and backing over his right leg. The leg was injured and he was hospitalized.

On January 7, 2025, at approximately 11:18 AM, an employee was operating a retainer carrier (RTC) to pick merchandise. He exited the RTC and was then struck by the RTC. His right leg was pinned between the rack and the RTC. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the right calf.

On December 17, 2024, an employee was driving a standup forklift in a warehouse. They turned a corner to enter a main travel lane when their left arm got caught between a rack and the forklift, resulting in a broken arm that required surgery.

On December 11, 2024, a truck driver had been addressing raised door flaps at the side of a truck, near the back. He stepped down onto the truck's back tire, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hip injury.

On December 7, 2024, an employee was working on a conveyor in the merge area when they fell 26 feet to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both of their feet and legs.

The cotton gin experienced a choke (jam) and the gin was powered down for employees to clean out the top of the gin. As power was being restored, the injured employee stepped onto one of the idlers on top of the gin, causing his foot to be pulled into a belt and pulley. The employee sustained burns to the top of his foot.