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An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when he was struck by a customer's truck as it was backing out of a parking spot. The truck pinned the employee's left leg against the cart mule they were using. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg and required surgery.

An employee was on a ladder, gathering materials from a shelf. She slipped and fell from the ladder to the concrete ground, suffering a broken heel and foot.

An employee was retrieving items while on a ladder when she lost her footing and fell to the tile floor. The employee sustained a fracture to her left elbow.

An employee was stacking a pallet when the pallet fell, injuring her left leg. She was hospitalized and had surgery on her left leg.

An employee tripped over a chair in the break room and fell, resulting in lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

An employee slipped on water in a hallway and fell to the floor, landing on his left side and head. He sustained a back strain/sprain and was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting a box of produce in the backroom area when she suffered pain in her lower back and was unable to stand, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee fell to the floor while moving a helium tank. The tank fell onto the employee, who sustained a fractured left wrist, a laceration to the left hand, and an impact injury to the head.

An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, working to replace ceiling tiles. They fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was reversing a pallet jack into a parking space when his leg was caught between the pallet jack and a railing post. The employee was hospitalized with leg and back injuries.

An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was stocking materials when their foot struck an apparel rack, causing them to fall and suffer a hip injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was walking in the back room when she was struck by a display pallet of ketchup, causing her to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and abrasions on her left wrist and arm.

An employee was walking across a sales floor. The employee and a customer collided at a corner; the employee fell and broke their right kneecap on the floor. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was connecting a hose to fill a propane cylinder. The flow of propane was activated when the filler nozzle was partially connected to the cylinder. The nozzle detached from the cylinder valve, causing expanding liquid propane to release through the nozzle. This caused the employee to lose his balance, spin, become entangled in the hose, and fall. He struck his head on the ground and suffered fractures to the temple and cheekbones, a laceration on the forehead, and a brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was standing on a pallet when their foot caught on the pallet and they fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right femur.

An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.

An employee was cleaning the restroom when she slipped and fell to the ground, injuring her ribs on the right side. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee went to kick a piece of plastic garbage out of the walkway on the sales floor and his shoe got caught on the floor. He fell on his left hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured hip.

An employee was walking backward with a pallet jack loaded with cases of toys. When the employee went to stop the pallet jack, it rolled over his right foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured distal tibia and a torn tendon in his foot that required surgery.

An employee had been having lunch in her car in the parking lot. When she exited her car, her left knee gave out and she fell on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur and required surgery.

An employee was descending a ladder after changing light bulbs. When their left foot was on the second rung from the bottom, they lost their balance and fell onto a wooden display box on the ground along the wall. They struck their upper left back, resulting in two fractured ribs and bruised lung pleura.