DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-05-10BronxNyRiverbay CorporationWrist(s)Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was using a chain hoist to lift a mattress from a lower floor. The employee fell through a hole in the floor he was working on and impacted a concrete floor that was 18 feet below. The employee sustained a broken wrist.
2021-01-27Villa ParkIlBob's Discount Furniture, LLCMultiple body partsOther fall to lower level
At about 3:15 p.m. on January 27, 2021, an employee was standing on a ladder to stack mattresses. A mattress struck a support post when the employee pushed it toward the wall causing the employee to fall off the ladder to the floor. The employee suffered fractured ribs and vertebrae and a displaced disc. He was hospitalized.
2021-01-19Palm HarborFlManor Care Health Services, LLCHip(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking to the end of a resident's bed to use the controls for a lift when her feet got tangled with the cord for the air mattress pump, causing a trip and fall. The employee suffered a broken right hip that required surgery.
2020-10-12TaftvilleCtBob's Discount Furniture, LLCThigh(s)Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
At 11:30 a.m. on October 12, 2020, an employee suffered a broken femur while stepping off a pile of mattresses. He was hospitalized.
2020-06-02Round RockTexasSam's Club #6259Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was trying to dislodge a mattress that was stuck on a wooden pallet. The forklift that had loaded the mattress moved to the side, freeing it and causing it to pinch the employee's ring finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-02-20RomeovilleIllinoisMattress FirmFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 2/20/2020, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was bagging a mattress using a bag sealer when the bag sealer amputated a finger on the employee's left hand.
2019-02-25LincolnIllinoisChristian Homes, Inc.Lower leg(s)Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional
On February 24, 2019, an employee was assisting a resident and fell. The employee's leg was caught between the resident, mattress and floor resulting in a fractured tibia.
2019-01-22BrandonFloridaSears, Roebuck and Co.Hip(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was working in the mattress department when she tripped on the wheel of a mattress frame and fractured her right hip.
2018-08-03AmarilloTexasRush Truck CenterLeg(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a pallet reaching for a mattress when he lost his balance and his foot became tangled in the plastic, causing him to fall to the ground and fracture his left leg.
2016-08-19CincinnatiOhioSears, Roebuck and Co.Thigh(s)Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
While walking to the mattress department for a customer service call, an employee tripped over ripples in the carpet and suffered a broken left femur, requiring surgery.
2016-03-20HoustonTexasMattress Firm, Inc.BrainOther fall to lower level
An employee was attempting to pull a mattress off a third-tier rack shelf when he fell to the concrete floor, suffering head trauma and loss of feeling. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.
2016-01-27HoustonTexasMarek Brothers CompanyMultiple body partsFall through surface or existing opening
A masonry contractor was helping to move a mattress in a home owner's 2nd floor condo. The masonry contractor did not observe that a glassed area had the glass wall removed and he fell through the open area. The employee was taken to hospital for a broken collarbone, three broken ribs and a head injury.
2015-10-13Colorado SpringsColoradoLeggett Platt, Inc.Head and trunkCaught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading mattresses on the roller pack machine and got caught in the machine resulting in head and back injuries.
2015-08-13ClarksdaleMississippiQueen City FurnitureHip(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing the stairs leading into a customer's mobile home to deliver a mattress set. The employee tripped and fell, breaking the right hip.
2015-05-26McdonoughGeorgiaExel Inc.Foot (feet)Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
The injured employee was about to start loading a truck from the mattress staging area which was approximately 7'. The mattress was standing upright and lined up to form a wall to be loaded onto the truck. As the injured employee step out of the staging area (blind spot), another associate operating the forklift, could not stop in time and ran over the injured employee's left foot.