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An employee slipped while climbing a ladder on a skidder, fell to the ground, and suffered a tibia/fibula fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.

An employee was moving a pan through the pan building and was struck by the superstructure of a crane, resulting in a fractured hip.

An employee was trimming cured spray-foam insulation on a wall while on a step ladder. The employee lost balance and fell to the ground. They sustained a laceration to the head and fractures to their left shoulder and a rib.

Two employees were carrying an air compressor down a set of stairs when one of the employees slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was taking trash to a dumpster when they tripped on a step and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a broken femur.

An employee sustained a fingertip amputation when the pipe they were working on slipped.

An employee was walking a patient through the hallway when they lost their balance and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a ruptured tendon in their leg/knee that required surgery.

An employee had been making deliveries. While unloading material from a tractor trailer, the employee sustained symptoms of heat-related illness. The employee was hospitalized.

A forklift struck an employee and they sustained injury to their leg and foot. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee fell to the floor and suffered a fractured hip.

An employee was cleaning a boiler when flames came out of the boiler, resulting in second-degree burns to the employee's arms, neck and face.

An employee was preparing food with a knife. The knife cut the employee's finger, amputating it.

Two employees were moving cars on the lot when a car ran over the injured employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized.

The injured employee was standing on a ladder to hang pipe when another Encore employee unintentionally stepped on the rear side of the ladder. This caused the ladder s legs to collapse. The injured employee fell onto the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with fractures to his right shoulder and right hip.

An employee was stocking apparel on a sales floor when she tripped and fell. She suffered a broken hip.

An employee was delivering mail and was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee was lifting a frying basket out of a fryer when they felt a pop in their back. The employee was hospitalized with a herniated disc.

An employee had loaded parts into his van and was pulling an empty utility cart back into the store. The wheels of the cart got caught in the doorway. When the employee pulled it through, the cart fell over onto him and he fell to the floor, landing on his right hip. The employee's hip was fractured.

An employee was training at a shooting range. Their weapon discharged and the employee sustained a gunshot wound to the foot. A toe was surgically amputated.

An employee was manipulating the tailgate on a truck and crushed a finger, resulting in amputation.

An employee fell from the top of a fixed ladder, passing through the ladder's access opening and landing on the floor about 6-7 feet below. He suffered nine broken ribs (four on the left side and five on the right), as well as a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.