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A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.

An employee was working with a drill and a metal cable. The drill caught the cable and caused an amputation to the employee's left ring finger.

An employee was descending through a roof hatch and transferring to an internal roof access ladder when he fell 10 feet to the floor, striking his head on a cabinet. The employee was hospitalized due to a detached knee tendon and fractured foot.

An employee was walking from the rear of a building when they tripped over an object in the street, fell, and suffered blunt force rib injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was planing lumber on a jointer. While he was feeding the workpiece into the jointer, it hung up and he lost his grip on it. His gloved hand came into contact with the point of operation, and his left little finger was partially amputated near the first joint.

An employee was responding to a physical altercation between two inmates when they slipped and fell on the ground, landing on their left arm. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left forearm.

An employee was participating in a training when they began to experience muscle pain, resulting in rhabdomyolysis.

An employee was removing a tube from a mixer pump when the pump shifted and crushed the employee's finger between the plunger and the stop, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Employees were installing a projector on the ceiling of an auditorium using a scaffold. While the injured employee was getting down from the scaffolding, it became top-heavy and tipped over. The injured employee fell to the floor, landing on his left leg and suffering a broken left fibula and tibia.

An employee was aligning a piece of 1 1/2-inch schedule 80 pipe into a rotary draw bender when the chuck was moved beyond the table. This caused the chuck and pipe to fall from the table. The employee's right index and middle fingers were pinched between the pipe and the table, resulting in amputations.

An employee was descending aircraft stairs after cleaning the aircraft. The employee was carrying loose materials in her hands, missed a step, and turned her ankle, causing her to fall. She was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.

An employee had been performing abrasive blasting operations in the sonar dome of a submarine. The employee completed replacing the outer blast glass layer on their blast hood and, while kneeling, the dead-man switch on their blast hose was actuated. High pressure (125-130 psi) air and blast media struck and injured their left forearm and hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was getting out of a postal vehicle when the door shut on his right ring finger, severing his fingertip. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated.

An employee was manually pulling a container from the aft cargo hold of a wide-body jetliner. Their right little finger got pinned between the container and the edge of the cargo door. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was installing wooden staging planks when they were struck in the leg by a staging plank. The employee was hospitalized with a severe abscess and required surgery.

An employee was working at a nurses station and tripped over a small ottoman next to the desk. The employee fell forward and twisted, hitting their right hip on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip requiring surgery and bilateral lower leg abrasions. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a pocket knife to cut a zip tie that was holding the slacked portion of line on a ratchet strap. The ratchet strap opened unexpectedly, causing the employee to lacerate an artery in his left forearm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee experienced heat-related illness while working on a commercial fishing boat.

An employee was participating in special response team (SRT) tryouts and sustained rhabdomyolysis performing strenuous activities.

An employee was on their mail route and began to feel sick. They were hospitalized for possible heat illness and dehydration.

An employee became ill and dizzy when delivering mail and was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee lifted a gearbox from one shipping container to another. The employee sustained a ruptured hernia and required surgery.