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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 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.

A mail handler was moving BMCs on the loading dock when they fell from the loading dock to the concrete ground below. The employee was hospitalized with head trauma.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder while preforming demolition of a ceiling. A section of HVAC ductwork fell on the employee and knocked them to the ground approximately 12 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and lacerations.

On the morning of July 24, 2025, an employee was conducting synthesis of a highly toxic experimental chemical (nerve agent) in a chemical fume hood. The operation was completed at approximately 11:30 AM. The employee was exposed to the chemical and began experiencing symptoms of illness/poisoning around 1:30 PM and was hospitalized.

An employee was performing a routine site visit when he was struck by a car while on the shoulder of a road. The employee was hospitalized with two fractures to his leg.

On June 17, 2025, an employee was returning to their vehicle after delivering mail to a private residence when they slipped/tripped on the sidewalk and fell, resulting in a fractured left forearm that required hospitalization.

An employee was delivering mail to a residential home when they tripped and fell on an uneven sidewalk. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg.

An employee went into a building in a gated community. The employee was going up steps, then began walking backward down the steps, and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was using a mobility scooter to traverse a hallway. They turned around in the doorway of an automatic door. It started closing and struck the mobility scooter causing it to tip over and land on the employee. The employee sustained a broken femur.

An employee was on the ground assisting as a mini loader used a fork attachment to load a truck with a 4-foot by 4-foot material box. The load began to slide off the fork and then fell onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his skull, the side of his face, ribs, pelvis, and neck.

An electrician was looking for a route in the ceiling to run new conduit when he fell 8 feet from a ladder to the floor and sustained 7 vertebrae fractures and 5 fractured ribs.

An employee was moving a storage locker when the locker slipped causing an amputation to their right little fingertip without bone loss.

An employee was taking wrenches from a shop and loading tools into a pickup truck. When he turned around from the truck, he tripped over skid-steer tracks that were loose on the ground and fell. The employee's arms were fractured and their right arm was also dislocated.

An employee was riding an ATV while patrolling a campus. The employee did a U-turn around a pole and struck a fence wall, resulting in a head injury and a broken femur.

An employee was using a scalpel to open a package when their hand slipped and approximately one centimeter of their left thumb was amputated by the scalpel.

An employee was handing over tools when they fell from an aircraft to the ground, fracturing their right elbow.

An employee was servicing HVAC equipment and shut it down when their left middle fingertip was amputated by a fan belt that was still moving.

An employee was carrying a window to a dumpster during asbestos abatement activities. The window broke while being placed in the dumpster and glass lacerated the employee's left forearm near the wrist.

During dredging operations on a barge, an employee was manually feeding a 2-inch steel cable in an 8-foot by 10-foot spool and repositioning the cable into the spool groove. Their right hand became pinched beneath the cable, resulting in an amputation of the index finger.

Two divers were drilling timber piles. One diver's gloved left hand got caught in the second diver's drill and their left middle fingertip was amputated.

An employee was pushing a cart of materials when it flipped over and landed on her, trapping her against the ground. This resulted in a fractured bone by her knee.

An employee tripped and fell through a glass door while delivering packages. The employee suffered broken ribs, lacerations, and a head injury.

An employee was using a crane to lift steel beams when they came loose from the crane and struck the employee in the left leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture that required hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was grit blasting when the blasting material contacted his left leg, resulting in an abrasion that required hospitalization.