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An employee was working from a step ladder, changing a bulb on a ceiling light fixture. He was electrocuted, causing him to fall off the step ladder onto a concrete countertop, fracturing several ribs.

An employee was welding a metal part. Welding slag burned through his pants and fell into his boot, burning the metatarsal area of his right foot.

An employee had arrived at work and placed their stuff down on a desk. The employee was walking away when they tripped on their feet and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee was stepping from a railcar to a work platform and missed the step. They fell approximately 14 feet from the railcar to the ground and sustained a broken wrist and fractured pelvis and were hospitalized.

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when she tripped at a landing and fell, landing nine stairs below. She suffered two broken arms (one of them a spiral fracture) and was hospitalized.

An employee was walking to her car after leaving work when she tripped over an uneven sidewalk on the facility grounds, falling and striking her head, left shoulder, and left knee. She sustained injuries to her shoulder and knee as well as a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

An employee was replacing a lamp ballast in the ceiling and received an electrical shock while disconnecting wires that caused him to fall from the ladder and land on his back on the carpeted floor. This resulted in a broken rib, lung puncture, and back pain.

An employee was operating a ride-on pallet jack and struck a racking barrier, resulting in a compound fracture to the right foot.

An employee was descending a 24-foot ladder from a roof in windy conditions. He missed a step and struck his head on the concrete floor, resulting in bleeding from the ears.

An employee was cleaning an office after moving to this new location. The employee stood on a chair to reach an area to clean when she fell to the floor and sustained a right leg injury.

An employee fell from an extension ladder to the concrete floor, suffering a broken shoulder and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee tripped on a bent piece of a metal platform and fell, suffering a broken wrist and an injury that required stitches.

An employee was walking through a parking lot at a warehouse when a reversing forklift struck him and ran over his leg. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated knee.

On April 4, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., the injured employee was training another employee on how to adjust the deck height on a gas-powered push mower. A switch was engaged and caused the mower blade to strike the injured employee s left hand causing an amputation to the middle finger and a laceration to the ring finger. The laceration required stitches and the middle finger was reattached.

An employee had been checking a customer out at the register. The employee and the customer got into a verbal confrontation that became a physical altercation. The customer fell on the employee's left ankle and broke it.

An employee was cutting a tree branch from a ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered a back injury.

On October 1, 2021, an employee was cleaning a floor when he slipped on water and fell. The employee sustained a hip fracture and was hospitalized.

An employee was placing a barricade around a work area with an active hot water discharge that created steam and standing water. The employee stepped into a depression containing hot water, resulting in second degree burns to their foot.

An employee tripped and fell while cleaning tables, striking a table and suffering a shoulder dislocation. She was hospitalized.

An employee was measuring a second-story window from the inside. The employee fell out of the window to the ground, suffering an injury to a major artery and fractured ribs, both injuries requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee had dropped a roll of change by the pizza cabinet and bent down to pick it up. While standing back up he struck the back of his head on the bottom edge of an open drawer and sustained a laceration/contusion.

An employee was sitting on the liquid petroleum tank of a forward-tipping forklift, unloading a safe into a dumpster. The forklift tipped forward. When it tipped back to a neutral position, the employee suffered a lower back injury.

While an employee was adjusting a stop on a machine the machine engaged and amputated the employee's fingertip.

An employee was at a coffee station when he tripped on a dustpan and impacted the floor, breaking his right ankle and leg and sustaining a meniscus tear.

An employee was cutting tortillas using a kitchen knife and amputated a fingertip and nail.