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An employee was installing PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) piping material for a propane line connection. He was cutting off excess PEX piping material with a PEX cutter. He noticed an unassociated piece of material was in the way of the PEX cutter. He reached up to move the infringing material, and his arm came down on the blade of the PEX cutter resulting in a severe laceration to his arm.

An employee was offroad, looking for a lost hiker. The employee fell off a canyon rim edge and landed on rimrock 5 or 6 feet below, suffering a separated shoulder and a head injury that required stitches. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee had been assisting fire crews with an active wildfire. The employee suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was fueling a vehicle when they tripped over the fuel hose and fell to the ground. They were hospitalized with a broken nose and three broken ribs.

A park ranger was attempting to apprehend an individual when the individual fired a rifle at him; the employee was struck in the right foot while returning fire. Two of the employee's toes were amputated.

A ranger was performing back-country patrol duties while hiking. As they were climbing a technical rock patch, a rock handhold broke, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet before their belay engaged. The employee contacted a rock, resulting in a fracture to the right ilium as well as a subcutaneous hematoma to the right gluteal region.

An employee had been driving a snowmobile. While stabilizing the vehicle in packed snow, it fell over onto the employee's leg, resulting in a tibia fracture.

An employee responded to a wildland fire and was constructing a line. The employee sustained heat stroke and was hospitalized.

An employee tripped on a concrete seam and suffered a spiral fracture to the left femur.

An employee was operating a bulldozer on a road when it slid on ice, then rolled a full 360 down an embankment and came to rest with its tracks wedged in rocks. The employee was found outside of the vehicle with a gash on his head and was hospitalized.

A mail carrier fell while delivering a parcel to a house and broke her right leg.

An employee was conducting log out operations on the plate ridge trail when the employee was struck by a falling log resulting in left arm bruising.

A Census Bureau employee was delivering census packets. He lost consciousness while approaching a home, fell, and struck his face on the ground. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion and facial abrasions.

An employee was getting out of their vehicle on their mail route, slipped in slush, and fell to the ground breaking the left ankle.

An employee was exiting an elevator when he tripped and fell, hitting his head on a wall. The employee sustained a concussion and a fractured left hip.

An employee was conducting maintenance work on an overhead garage door when the employee's thumb was caught in the overhead door's chain drive, resulting in a partial left thumb amputation.

An employee was placing a steel plate onto the back of a flatbed truck when the employee slipped off the bed of the truck and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground, fracturing the left femur.

An employee doing maintenance on a roof fell 7 feet, suffering internal injuries.

An employee was run over by a concrete truck after pouring concrete, puncturing the employee's liver and injuring the left ankle, right hip, and five right-side ribs.

An employee was collecting a horse for horsemanship class when the horse became spooked, side-stepped, and threw the employee to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm and elbow.

An employee was off-loading water from a lake tank into the company tanker. While standing at the rear of the tanker, the employee stepped over a hose to check the process. As the employee's weight shifted, the rear (left) leg slipped in the mud and the employee fell, fracturing the left patella and requiring hospitalization.

An employee was attempting to cut a zip tie from a fence post with a knife. The knife slipped and struck the employee's left forearm, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization.

An employee was up in a tree trying to install a meat-hanging pole. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a fractured arm and spine.

An employee was kicked by horse resulting in fractures to the jaw requiring surgery.

While responding to a wild land fire, an employee experienced dehydration and/or heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.