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A mail carrier was delivering mail when aggressive dogs approached. The dog's owner tried to restrain the dogs but one dog broke loose and the mail carrier pepper sprayed that dog. The dog's owner then pushed the mail carrier and he fell on the pavement and injured his neck. The mail carrier was hospitalized.

An employee was installing a fall protection system on a flat roof when they tripped and became entangled in the warning line. They fell approximately 30 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures.

A mail carrier developed heat illness while delivering mail. He was hospitalized.

An employee was outside assembling a 500-ton crane. The employee was connecting the rigging to the boom. He leaned forward to attach the lifting plate on the side of the boom and lost balance while bending over. He fell to the ground approximately 10 feet below, landing on his elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow that required surgery.

An employee was using a winch to secure a barge to a dock. The cable of an adjoining winch snapped and struck his left side, causing blunt force trauma and internal injuries to his abdomen.

A mail carrier stepped out of his vehicle and into a large hole in the ground that was covered by the unkept yard. The hole had a piece of clay pipe exposed. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated right Achilles tendon and required surgery.

On August 5, 2024, employee had been delivering mail and sustained heat stroke.

An employee was leaving a work site on a barge due to adverse weather conditions. While on their way back to shore in a small boat, the boat went up a large swell and when it came back down, it went bow first into another swell and was immediately swamped. All the boat passengers fell into the river water, which was approximately 49.8 Fahrenheit. One employee was hospitalized with hypothermia.

An employee's finger was pinched in a door jamb. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was using a jointer machine to flatten a piece of apitong wood. About two inches into the cut, the wood kicked back and the employee's left hand contacted the cutting knives. The ring and middle fingers were amputated above the second knuckle.

An employee was working from a bucket truck. While transitioning out of the bucket, the employee fell 8 feet to the ground and sustained fractures of the hip and elbow as well as a lacerated liver.

On November 14, 2022, at 1:30 p.m., an employee and co-worker were removing fuses off of military projectiles. The employee's left hand was on a projectile as the co-worker applied the locking mechanism on the weapons vice to hold the projectile in place. The employee's hand got caught in the weapons vise, resulting in a crushed little finger and a partial surgical amputation of the finger.

An employee was trying to unlatch a gate. The employee's right little finger became stuck in the latch; the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was lying on his right side, using a torch, when sparks from the torch ignited his clothing. He suffered burns to the right side of his torso, chest, and back. He was hospitalized.

An employee was clearing a jam in an edge bander machine. A machine part closed on the employee's right middle finger after the jam was cleared. The employee suffered an amputation to the last joint of the finger.

An employee was removing face wire from a kevel on a barge when their finger became pinched between the face wire and the kevel, resulting in a fracture and removal of soft tissue from the left ring finger.

An employee was cleaning a paint spray gun. The gun activated and injected paint thinner into the employee's left little finger.

An employee was recording data from a motor. He stepped into a hole, causing him to place his hand into the equipment that was still moving after the motor was shut off. The employee's hand was caught in the fan motor belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of his right index finger, including the loss of bone.

An employee was driving an off-road utility vehicle on a blacktop road. The employee moved to the gravel along the side of the road, then attempted to get back onto the blacktop road, and the vehicle turned over. The employee sustained a broken left ankle, injuries to his left leg, and road rash on his back.

An employee was getting the barge ready for a load of soy beans. The employee opened the top door of the grain barge and lost his balance, falling 10 to 14 ft. to the bottom of the barge and resulting in blunt force trauma and multiple broken bones.

A mail carrier was delivering mail when they fell on the sidewalk due to uneven pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

A census taker was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street, and suffered multiple broken bones.

An employee was conducting interviews and handing out booklets to residents. As she was walking down a driveway, she stepped into a two-foot hole and suffered a broken left ankle.

An employee was receiving a package from a mail handler. A case the mail handler was leaning on tipped over and struck the employee, breaking a bone in the employee's lower right leg.