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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 activating the sprinkler system at a sports complex following recent maintenance to repair leaky pumps. When the system was activated, a section of newly installed 3-inch schedule 80 PVC pipe struck the employee, who lost consciousness. The employee suffered a broken jaw and a concussion.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

An employee was closing a gun locker in his automobile trunk when his left middle finger was partially amputated by the lid.

An employee was on a four-step work stand while sanding an area of an aircraft. He was climbing down the work stand when he tripped over an air hose and fell to the level below, resulting in a fractured femur.

An employee was ascending a flight of stairs after exiting their vehicle in an adjacent employee parking lot. The employee stepped to the right to avoid another employee on the left who was descending the stairs. The employee lost their balance and fell on the stairs. They were hospitalized with a laceration/abrasion to their chin, a fractured left humerus, and bruising to their left knee.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was walking in a corridor when she tripped and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her left shoulder and left ribs, and she sustained an injury to her left elbow.

A corrections officer was working with others to restrain an inmate. During the takedown, the other officers and the inmate landed on the officer, who suffered a fracture to the right hip.

An employee was running during a fitness test and experienced heat illness, chest pains, and felt faint. The employee sustained heat exhaustion.

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to perform maintenance in an attic. While unlocking the attic entry, the employee fell from the ladder more than 10 feet to the concrete below. The employee suffered a fractured hip, pelvis, tail bone, arm, and elbow, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was descending through a roof hatch and transferring to an internal roof access ladder when he fell 10 feet to the floor, striking his head on a cabinet. The employee was hospitalized due to a detached knee tendon and fractured foot.

An employee was responding to a physical altercation between two inmates when they slipped and fell on the ground, landing on their left arm. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left forearm.

An employee fell in an asphalt parking lot, suffering injuries that caused pain on the left side and a swollen left knee/leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking in a field when she stepped in a gopher hole, resulting in a broken leg.

An employee was taking two bags of trash out to the dumpster when she tripped and fell, striking her shoulder on a railing. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the shoulder.

A smoke jumper parachuted out of a helicopter during a forest fire response, landed on steep rugged terrain, and suffered femur and rib fractures and a liver laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

At 10:20 a.m. on August 11, 2025, an employee slipped on a damp sidewalk covered with a thin layer of algae. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the left femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

At about 11:45 a.m. on August 11, 2025, an employee fell while exiting a building. He landed on his left hand, bending and injuring his little finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was lifting a manhole cover when it fell on his right foot, resulting in the amputation of his big toe and the adjacent toe.

An employee was working on an out-of-service forklift when his hand was caught in the door frame as the stuck cab door was being opened. The employee sustained a middle fingertip amputation.

An employee was inspecting a mechanical part when he fell from the loading dock to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured back bone that required overnight hospitalization.

On August 1, 2025, an employee was preparing to initiate canine training when they were bitten by a dog on the neck and face.

On 7/31/2025, an employee was training to ride an ATV when it went into a draw and she went over the front of the ATV, landing on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured arm.