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An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) carrying a nesting sheave on the back counterweight of the PIT. He was holding the sheave when the PIT struck a pothole in the floor, causing the sheave to roll forward and crush his right index fingertip against the back of the PIT seat frame. The employee's fingertip was amputated, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was working to remove waste wire between two boat rack/spreader bars (10 feet in length, 8 inches wide, and 16 inches tall, with a center lifting point for a crane hook) in the hanging department. One boat rack was leaning on another boat rack. The employee reached between the boat racks to move the leaning boat rack and remove the waste wire. The leaning boat rack shifted and the employee's left index finger was pinched between the two racks (weighing approximately 600 pounds each). The employee sustained an abrasive amputation of the left index fingertip from the nailbed up.

Two employees were preparing 10-foot angle iron pieces (galvanized steel) to be placed on top of bridge beam edges. The north end of the angle iron dislodged and fell, which caused the south end of the angle iron to twist and pinch an employee's right middle fingertip against the beam edge. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee opened a flammables storage cabinet to get something out, smelled a chemical odor, and began to feel unwell and dizzy. She was hospitalized, having been exposed to formic acid from a leaking bottle at the bottom of the cabinet.

An employee was grinding raw couplings on a belt sander to shave off excess material left by the manufacturing process. The employee's right hand slipped while he was pressing a part to the sander, causing his right thumb to come into contact with the sanding belt. The thumb was lacerated and broken, and the employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

On October 2, 2025, an employee was ascending a ladder attached to a scaffold structure approximately 10 feet high. While climbing up, he lost his grip on a rung and fell to the ground, landing on his shoulder. He was hospitalized with fractures to his collarbone and shoulder.

An employee was standing on a semi trailer getting ready to strap down cribbing boards. He fell to the ground and struck his head. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured C2 vertebra.

An employee was riding a four-wheeler while moving cattle into another pen when they were thrown off the vehicle and landed on the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their upper arm, pelvis, and right leg.

An employee was setting a rebuilt water pump using a forklift and a chain after inspecting the area where the pump was going to be placed. While the employee's right hand was on a nearby valve flange, the water pump shifted while in the air and struck the employee's right index finger, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

A mechanic was changing out an air spring on a concrete mixer truck cab. The air spring was receiving higher air pressure than it was designed to use, because of a faulty level check valve. This increased pressure caused the air spring to burst. Its top portion separated and struck the employee's left forearm, causing a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

The injured employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a pallet onto a trailer. A yard truck drove the trailer away from the dock, causing the forklift to fall to the ground. The employee sustained an injury to their left ankle that required surgery.

A temporary employee exited a patient room and was walking toward the nurse station. As she turned right, her foot slipped on a recently mopped floor, causing her to fall. She landed partially in the doorway of the dictation room and partially in the hallway. She struck the ground with her right arm and shoulder. She experienced numbness and sustained a gash above her left eye that required stitches. She was hospitalized with a dislocated and fractured right shoulder that required surgery, a dislocated right elbow, and injuries to her head and neck.

An employee was walking down the hall in front of the therapy room when she tripped and fell, striking her right hip on the tile floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip and required surgery.

Two employees exited their vehicle to assess a fully-downed power pole. The injured employee approached the downed pole to examine it more closely when their feet got caught underneath the energized phase and the ground of the pole, resulting in electrical burns to both feet.

An employee was working to close a gate that had gotten stuck. He was pushing on the top rail when it started moving and his left little finger became crushed between the rollers and the top rail, resulting in an amputation below the bottom knuckle.

An employee was working to clear trash from the catch tray under a conveyor when they were caught in a metal roller. The employee sustained fractures to their forearm and wrist.

An employee was descending a ladder that was on a strand when the ladder shifted, causing the employee to jump off and fall about 5.5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle.

An employee placed their tools into the bed of their truck to transport them to a hotel. They took a step backward from the truck when their foot caught on a single 2 x 4 that had been left in the lot area. The employee fell and suffered a broken right leg directly above the ankle that required hospitalization.

An employee was cleaning an auger when it was energized and severely lacerated her right hand.

An employee was putting up steel panels on the roof of a building. The employees was using a standing seam roof anchor and a rope with a rope grab. The standing seam anchor came loose from the metal which allowed the employee to free-fall off the roof. As the employee was sliding down the roof, his feet got caught in the gutter which turned him upside down. He sustained a concussion, a severe laceration to his head, and eight fractured ribs.