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An employee delivered a package. On her way back to her vehicle she was attacked by two dogs that came from around a corner. She was hospitalized with dog bites.

The injured employee was standing by the controls for the electric spud system on the barge, preparing to raise the spuds. Meanwhile, an excavator was moving a mat on the deck. As the excavator swung from port to starboard, it's counterweight struck the injured employee s shoulder, causing them to lose balance and fall against the spud controls. The employee sustained bruises and contusions to their right shoulder and chest.

A technician was operating a crane hoist to lift/remove a cylinder head from the main engine (port). The load was lifted at an angle, causing the cylinder head to get stuck on the cylinder head studs. When it became free from the studs, the cylinder head swung. It struck the technician and caught them against the cabinet door. This resulted in an amputation of their left index fingertip at the distal knuckle.

An employee was securing a power cord to a refrigerated truck container. A truck started backing up to connect with the container and the employee was pinned between the tires of the container and the bolster of the truck, resulting in a fractured leg.

An employee was delivering a package to a house when a dog came through the storm door, jumped on the employee, and bit them in the lower jaw.

An employee saw smoke coming from a room and entered to a pot of oil on a hot stove. As he carried the pot out of the room, oil splashed onto both his arms, resulting in second- and third-degree burns.

An employee was descending a vertical ladder on a container ship when he fell 12 feet to the platform below. The employee sustained fractures to ribs on his left side, his right knee, and his right foot, as well as lacerations and scrapes to both knees.

An employee was building scaffolding on the corner of a target wall outside on a hot and humid day. His right forearm began cramping at the end of the day and he went home to rest. The next morning he was still cramping and was hospitalized due to heat-related dehydration.

Two employees were manually pushing a postal vehicle into a gas station when the vehicle rolled back, causing multiple fractures and injuries to one of the employees.

An employee was on the bed of a digger truck assisting the operator with moving a 30-foot pole from the rack on the digger truck to a dumpster for disposal. The employee placed a strap around the pole and attached it to the boom of the digger truck before guiding the pole to the dumpster. As the pole was being lowered, it shifted and caught his left ring fingertip against the side of the dumpster. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

Four employees were rigging a truck to be lifted off a ship by a crane. The crane began lifting the truck, causing it to move and knock one of the employees into a nearby shipping container. He suffered multiple injuries to the upper torso.

An employee was using a yard truck to transport an empty export container back to the ship to be loaded. While driving through the container yard, the yard truck went off the road and struck the concrete base of a light post. The employee sustained a laceration to his lip and a contusion and closed fracture to his sternum.

A forklift was used to load a flammable storage cabinet (weighing approximately 265 pounds) into the bed of a pickup truck. Once the forklift was removed and parked, employees went to re-position the cabinet. They lifted one edge of the cabinet to roll it on its side. The cabinet dropped approximately 2 inches and landed on the injured employee s left middle finger causing a fingertip amputation.

An employee was participating in SWAT style training which included various physical fitness skills including lengthy running and exercise intervals. During a run through the woods, the employee's body cramped, and he collapsed. He was hospitalized with severe dehydration and a muscle injury.

An employee was delivering mail and returning to their vehicle when they were attacked by a dog. The dog bit off their left index and middle fingertips.

An employee was managing a prescribed burn when the fire behavior increased and he retreated to the road. His tool and foot got entangled in vines which slowed his retreat, and the fire encased his route back to the road. This resulted in blistering and second-degree burns to both elbows, both knees, the back of one thigh, the inner thigh, and his nose.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal trim using a miter saw when it kicked back, amputating his fingers.

An employee was working on a boiler and spraying water to cool down a scaffold when hot ash from the boiler precipitator came into contact with their face and neck, resulting in burns.

Two law enforcement officers were executing an arrest warrant. After entering the residence, the assailant opened fire with a pistol, shooting one deputy in the right ankle and the other in the left femur bone. Both deputies required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was working on an HVAC machine in a basement. The fan was coming to a stop when his little finger was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

An employee was directing traffic on a deck. After giving the driver of a cargo van directions, the employee then turned his back to the vehicle and walked backward as it moved forward. The rear of the chassis struck the employee and knocked him to the ground, and he was then run over by the rear tires. The employee suffered broken bones, along with multiple other injuries.

An employee was unlashing (loosening chains) military vehicles on rail cars prior to offloading. As he stepped off the railcar and onto the ground, he twisted his left ankle in loose gravel alongside the rail track. He required surgery for a dislocated ankle.

An employee had just given a training talk to drivers on a loading dock. As she turned to walk away, a forklift ran over her foot, resulting in crushed toes. The employee was taken to the hospital, where she had surgery.

An employee parked and exited a semi-truck. He was walking to the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle rolled back over him. The employee sustained a crushed pelvis and fractures to the collarbone and right ankle.

A crane was setting a shipping container in place 40 feet above a deck. A twist-lock (weighing 11.5 lbs.) fell off the container and struck an employee standing on the deck, hitting the top of his hard hat. He suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized.