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An employee was changing out a hose on a chemical tote. The fitting for the tote disengaged and the employee was exposed to peracetic acid that caused chemical burns and respiratory distress.

An employee was unbuckling load straps on their tractor trailer when they slipped on ice and loose material on the ground and fell. The employee sustained a skull fracture.

Employees were setting up for an event to showcase fireworks for a municipality. The injured employee was setting up the tubing for the mortar shells when a mortar shell ignited. An employee sustained burns to their face, arms, and abdomen.

A distribution pole broke while a lineman was repositioning on the pole. The employee struck the cut-out bracket when they fell. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture, broken teeth, and lacerations to the back of the head and the chin.

An employee was pushing a rolling ladder when the ladder collided with a building pole and the employee sustained finger fractures.

During a robbery with two suspects, an employee was shot in his midsection.

An employee was on a ladder when a pallet jack knocked the ladder over. The employee fell to the floor and fractured their humerus.

An employee tripped over a bucket and fell onto a metal cart. The employee sustained four broken ribs.

An employee was framing the roof trusses of an apartment complex. He was standing on the top plate on the fourth floor and fell 10 feet to the floor on the interior of the structure, fracturing his knee and tibia.

An employee was climbing out of their delivery truck when they fell backward and struck their head on the concrete pavement.

An employee was walking down a ramp to take out trash, slipped on ice, and fell fracturing their right knee cap.

An employee was climbing a pole to do storm repair work when an electrical arc occurred. The employee sustained burns to the left side of their neck, shoulder, and arm.

An employee was removing blankets from an aircraft and sustained injury to nerves in their lower back.

On December 31, 2024, an employee was monitoring a rotary valve machine for the discharge of materials when four fingers on his right hand were amputated at the knuckle joint.

An employee was delivering food to a customer's home. She walked up to the front door and a dog came running out from the house. The dog bit the employee's left knee. The employee was hospitalized with a stress-induced heart attack.

On December 30, 2024, an employee was delivering mail when they tripped on a dog leash and fell to the concrete front porch. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

An employee parked their truck and was lowering the lift gate to unload and service an account at a convenience store. A vehicle pulled out from a parking spot and pinned the employee against the lift gate. The employee sustained a leg amputation.

The injured employee was loading luggage at the rear of a shuttle when a second shuttle that parked directly behind them began rolling and then accelerated. The injured employee was pinned between the two shuttles and sustained soft tissue damage and a fractured femur that required surgery.

An employee was unjamming a packaging machine when they sustained a partial thumb amputation (right thumb at the knuckle) when the cutter engaged. Lock out/tag out procedures were not used.

A temporary employee was on a step ladder removing the overhead ceiling when a piece of loose wood paneling fell and hit the ladder. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken tibia. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was exiting the cab of a crane and getting onto an 8-foot A-frame ladder. He stepped down onto the ladder s second step from the top and his foot slipped due to condensation buildup from the morning temperature change. As he fell, his left boot got caught between the top two steps of the ladder, resulting in a compound fracture to his lower left leg. He then fell 8 feet to the ground below, landing face down, and sustaining an abrasion to his chin.

On December 30, 2024, a temporary employee was cleaning up trash around an open area of the worksite. As the employee stepped over a foot-long piece of angle iron they tripped, causing them to fall forward to the ground and strike their chin on an additional piece of angle iron. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the neck.

An employee was cutting scrap metal when their shirt caught on fire. The employee sustained burns to the middle of his back and was hospitalized. Flame-resistant personal protective equipment was not used.

An employee was servicing a manlift when their little finger became caught in the machinery and the finger was amputated.

An employee was walking to deliver mail and fell into a grass-covered ditch, resulting in a broken right tibia and fibula.