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An employee was on a four-step work stand while sanding an area of an aircraft. He was climbing down the work stand when he tripped over an air hose and fell to the level below, resulting in a fractured femur.

An employee was scanning the placards of pallets of mail bundles when a forklift approached from the opposite side and began lowering and pushing his pallet load forward. It struck the pallet the employee was working on, causing it to shift and strike her. She fell to the ground and sustained a left hip fracture that required surgery.

An X-ray machine had lost power and an employee went to replace the power supply. While replacing a cable on the power supply assembly, the employee's right hand contacted the grounding terminals coming out of the back of the power supply assembly and they received an electric shock. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was servicing equipment and had disconnected a 4-inch line. A proportional control air valve on the equipment actuated, releasing a large volume of air at 99 psi into the 4-inch braided stainless steel line hanging down from the valve. The sudden release of pressure caused the line to whip and strike the employee's face. He was hospitalized due to an orbital bone fracture requiring surgery. The equipment was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was performing janitorial duties and carrying bathroom supplies when he slipped on a guardrail mounting post and fell on his side. The employee's hip was fractured and required surgery.

Four employees were on a boat, conducting a fish survey on a river, when the boat struck a sandbar. One employee was launched off the boat, suffered head trauma, and was hospitalized.

An employee was engaged in fire fighting operations on a mountain ridge and was receiving assistance from an airborne vehicle. The air vehicle was at a low elevation when the water drop or rotor wash from the air support caused trees to fall down. The employee was struck by a falling tree, resulting in fractures to their shoulder and face and a dislocated jaw.

An employee was riding a horse when he was bucked off and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left scapula, a fractured clavicle, and a pneumothorax.

Two employees were utilizing a UTV to maintain forest roads when they collided with a snow drift or tree and came off the path, and then the UTV flipped. The first employee sustained a concussion and cracked ribs, and the other sustained cracked/broken ribs.

An employee was delivering mail when they tripped on a curb and fell to the ground, resulting in a kneecap injury.

An employee was performing a search and rescue operation to find a missing hiker when he tripped on the trail and struck a rock. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur.

An employee was rigging loads for a crane and suffered a heat-related illness. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee had unloaded two motorcycles from a truck carrier. As the employee was removing the carrier rack from the vehicle, the carrier rack fell onto their foot, resulting in a fractured toe. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee and a colleague were moving two pieces of rebar when a tie was cut. The employee holding the rebar dropped it while it was above the injured employee's hands, resulting in partial amputation to their left middle finger.

An employee was sorting cows for processing. The employee had just grabbed a metal gate to shut it when a cow bumped into the gate. The employee's right middle finger was crushed between the gate handle and the channel iron on the post. The fingertip (including about 3 millimeters of bone) was medically amputated.

An employee was performing a 3-mile hike with a 45-pound pack during a wildland firefighter qualification test. The employee suffered symptoms of heat illness and dehydration.

An employee was vacuuming heavy metals in the attic of a building when he fell through a sheet rock ceiling and landed on the floor approximately 30 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with lower back injuries.

An employee was putting load locks on a refrigerated freight trailer when they slipped and fell from the back of the trailer to the ground below, resulting in a dislocated right shoulder, a fractured left tibia, and three fractures in their right foot.

An employee was walking toward the exit of the facility, tripped over a floor mat, and fell to the cement floor, resulting in a broken femur that required surgery.

An employee tripped on uneven concrete while delivering a package. The employee fell, suffering compound hip fractures.

An employee was spraying weeds from an ATV. While the ATV was driving uphill, its back left tire went into a ditch and it rolled over backward. The employee jumped off and the ATV rolled over onto him, crushing his pelvis and fracturing his sacrum.

An employee was climbing down an access ladder on a tanker trailer. He fell approximately 6 feet to the ground.

A wildland firefighter was physically training for the job when he started feeling aches in the shoulder area. Later that evening he felt extreme fatigue, and body aches in the shoulder area and legs. The following morning, the employee was hospitalized with a muscular injury.

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed piece of paper from the copier when they lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder and a broken right hip.

An employee was delivering mail when a low hanging branch struck his left eye. The eye injury required surgery.