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An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.

An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

An employee was conducting torching operations using oxygen and propane to cut metal beams within the recycling laydown area. The employee used a hose with an air chuck connection to fill up the yard pickup truck's back tire with oxygen. The tire blew up which caused the oxygen to ignite. The employee sustained fractures, internal injuries, burns, and lacerations.

An employee was looking at racks in a shipping area. He stepped back and his foot got caught in a pallet, resulting in a fractured right heel.

An employee was cleaning a laptop charging cable when lightning struck. The employee began experiencing heart palpitations and hearing loss, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was working at a register when she tripped on a scanner cord and fell, resulting in hospitalization for a hip fracture.

An employee was on horseback in a pasture checking on the health of calves. The employee roped a calf when their right-hand fingers got caught in the rope, resulting in amputations of three fingers at the top knuckles that required hospitalization.

An employee was using a box strapping machine to place straps on boxes when his right middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in an open fracture to the distal phalanx.

An employee was stocking products on a shelf when she tripped on a metal buffer pole (that protects the cooler from carts/pallets) and fell to the ground. She was transported to the hospital to treat a fractured hip.

A steel tube fell from a straddle truck onto an employee's foot, causing the steel toe of the employee's shoe to press into the employee's left foot. The employee sustained fractured phalanges and was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning equipment. The employee came into contact with a sprocket on a conveyor, which deeply lacerated the employee's upper right arm.

An employee was building wood detail blocking and a wood member needed to be resized. The employee took the wood member to the table saw and set the fence to the correct size. The employee pressed down on the board to control it when his left little finger contacted the running blade, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was operating a lawn mower. He fell off while making a turn and the mower ran over his right foot. The employee sustained a laceration on his right ankle.

An employee was cutting the end from a bunch of celery with a kitchen knife while holding the celery with their other hand. The blade contacted the tip of their left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation including the loss of soft tissue.

A doctor was sitting on a rolling stool when it moved out from under him. He fell, landed on his left hip, and suffered a broken left femur. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was helping change out socks on hard thin juice filters, part of a beet sugar manufacturing operation. While the filter lid was being removed, juice started leaking down the side of the filter. This suggested that the juice was bypassing the seat on the main shutoff valve. While the main shutoff was being checked, the valve was opened and sprayed hot juice on the employee. The employee suffered burns to the left arm, the left ribcage area, the left side of the back, and the left side of the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was welding on a 4-foot by 5-foot U-shaped steel plate positioned on saw horses. When he went to move the plate to continue work, it slipped from the saw horses and struck him in the lower right leg, fracturing it. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was using a handheld cordless electric torque wrench. The tool's reaction arm came into contact with the employee's left hand, causing an amputation to the middle finger above the first knuckle.

An employee was riding as a passenger in a golf cart on a concrete pathway. The cart hit a bump and the employee fell out, suffering a head injury.

On August 26, 2025, an employee was moving a loaded pallet with a pallet jack. She pulled on the pallet jack to get it unstuck from the pallet. When the pallet jack came loose, she lost her balance and fell on the concrete floor by the loading dock door. She landed on her right hip and it was fractured in three places. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was working from an A-frame ladder, installing a gutter on a one-story home. The employee fell to the ground and suffered injuries to their L10 and L11 vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.