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A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was using a metal shear when it amputated the tip of his right index finger.

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.

A maintenance employee was 6 feet up an 8-foot ladder to hand someone a bucket when he lost his balance and fell backward to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back of his head that required staples, a concussion, and three fractured neck vertebrae.

An employee was using a telehandler to move pallets of pellets from a pod. The employee exited the telehandler to pick up a sacrificial pallet that is placed under the bottom layer of pallets. When the employee turned to pull the pallet away, the top two tiers of the pod fell on him. The employee sustained a fractured ankle, three fractured ribs, and fractured vertebrae.

An employee was performing flagging operations on a closed road. A postal vehicle was allowed onto the road to make a delivery. The employee was struck by the postal vehicle as it was backing up, resulting in a broken leg.

An employee was delivering mail to a mailbox when a dog bit the employee on the left arm in the elbow area. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was walking in the store when she tripped and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left hip and required surgery.

An employee was working from a ladder, pulling a cable line through a wall at a customer's house. He lost his balance and jumped off the ladder, landed on the ground about 7 feet below, and suffered injuries to both ankles including a fracture to at least one. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a press machine. The machine caught the employee's hand as they were removing a part, amputating three fingers.

An employee was lifting the liftgate on the rear of his delivery truck after making a delivery when his right hand was caught in the liftgate. The employee sustained four fractured fingers.

An excavator operator and the injured employee were exchanging a hand tool on a utility right of way. After the tool exchange the excavator moved forward and the tracks ran over the big toe of the injured employee's right foot. The toe was crushed, resulting in amputation of the tip.

A crew of employees were working to replace a utility pole that was broken by a motor vehicle accident. As the crew was removing equipment from the broken pole, part of the pole broke, fell on the injured employee, and rolled over him. The employee sustained two broken shoulders, multiple broken ribs, and a damaged lung that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was checking the consistency of the mortar in a concrete mixer when the rotating mixer blades amputated their right little finger.

An employee was descending after trimming up in a tree when the limb that his climb line was attached to failed after he descended 7 feet. The employee fell approximately 30 feet to the ground. The employee sustained three fractured vertebrae and a fractured sternum.

A temporary employee was walking a patient down the stairs when the patient pushed her and she fell down two steps to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with an endplate fracture of her L2 vertebra.

An employee was pushing a baler door that weighed about 500 pounds closed. A pair of wire cutters fell between the door and the baler wall. The employee was retrieving the wire cutters when the door closed, crushing the employee's right index finger against the baler wall and causing a partial amputation to the finger.

An employee was climbing a ladder to get out of a trench when the trench collapsed. The employee's leg was trapped in soil and their ankle was fractured.

An employee was driving a side-by-side all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on a gravel road when a wheel caught the edge of the road. The ATV rolled over onto its side, resulting in a compound fracture to their forearm, a fracture to their wrist, and a fractured heel.

On June 3, 2025, an employee was operating a drill press. He wiped oil from the top of the tubing he was drilling, and the drill bit caught his glove and pulled his finger into the drill. He suffered an amputation to the left index fingertip.

An employee was moving six 500-pound bundles of dry pulp fiber with a forklift that has a clamp attachment. A portion of the top bundle/bale broke free and struck the employee's arm, resulting in compartment syndrome. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

A contractor employee was washing down an evaporator unit when they fell approximately 87 feet from a scaffold. The employee sustained fractures to their spine, collarbone and ribs, as well as injuries to their brain, lungs, and kidneys.

An employee was responding to an emergency call at the end of a pier when they stepped into a gap in the pier boards, resulting in a broken tibia, fibula, and ankle.