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An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was removing boxes of filters from a skid when he tripped on a manual pallet jack. The employee fell and struck his back on the base of the pallet jack, resulting in hospitalization with fractured ribs.

An employee was cutting a board using a circular saw. The saw pinched, kicked back, and cut the employee's left ring and little fingers. The employee suffered an amputation to the little finger.

An employee was lifting a crate of dairy product and felt severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel in their lower back.

An employee was ascending an 8-foot aluminum extension ladder to access and replace a hypochlorite pump located on top of a 7-foot chemical tank. When he reached approximately 5 feet on the ladder, the ladder shifted and twisted to the right. The employee fell from the ladder and landed on his right side. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his right leg just above the ankle, dislocation of his shoulder, and a torn rotator cuff. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee slipped on some spilled sauce in the walk-in cooler and fell, hitting the front of his head on the concrete. Approximately 30 minutes later, he became ill, collapsed, and had a seizure. The employee was hospitalized with an intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH).

An employee was putting dough into a forming machine when their left little fingertip was amputated by the forming die.

A subcontracted employee was carrying tools while climbing a fixed ladder to access a roof. The employee fell 27 feet to the concrete landing surface below, resulting in fractures to their back, hip, right ankle, and left heel.

An employee bent over to turn on a machine when she heard a pop in her lower back and experienced pain shooting up her back. When standing up, she could not put pressure on her left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was guiding a conveyor belt through a slitter when their hand was caught between the rollers and the table. When the employee pulled their hand out, the glove was left behind and their right middle fingertip was amputated.

On October 7, 2025, an employee was pulling a customer load out of post-wash equipment when his left index finger was pinched between the sled and the roller on the charge cart conveyor, resulting in a fingertip amputation between the nail and first joint.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was stocking materials when their foot struck an apparel rack, causing them to fall and suffer a hip injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was changing the location of bolts that held a metal plate on the top of a car wash conveyor. His thumb became stuck between a part of the equipment and a roller on the conveyor. He sustained a fracture to the right thumb just above the base knuckle, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was cutting hams on a band saw. As he reached around the back of the saw to take hold of a piece of ham, the saw blade cut his left middle finger. The finger was medically amputated at the middle knuckle.

An employee was lifting a 50-pound bag of cement from a flat pushcart to load it into a dumpster. He suffered a broken arm, caused by the weight of the bag.

An employee was operating a punch press when he sustained injuries to his left index and middle fingers, resulting in the amputation of both fingertips.

An employee was working on a cushion ring (steel). As they lifted the cushion ring with both hands to flip it up, the ring slid down and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between the ring and the work table. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture, and their right middle fingertip was amputated.

An employee sustained injuries to multiple body parts from an aggressive patient in the emergency room and was hospitalized.

An employee was loading a rack onto a truck when the mid-level shelf fell and amputated his left little finger up to the first knuckle.

An operator was pulling a 50-foot power pole from a hole. The injured employee was guiding the pole when it became uncontrollably heavy. The employee went to secure the base of the pole, but the pole launched into the air, carrying the employee approximately 20 feet high. The employee subsequently released the pole and fell, landing on his right leg and side. He sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was working to draw blood from a patient. After sticking the patient's right arm, the patient kicked the employee in the stomach and used his left hand to strike the right side of the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for an injury to their intestine.