Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-15	Lake Barrington	Il	Academy of Stars Childcare	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping the floor when she slipped and fell on the wet floor, resulting in a fractured left pelvis.
2021-11-03	Grand Prairie	Tx	K&N Engineering Inc	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to retrieve a mop when he slipped and fell, resulting in a fractured left leg.
2021-06-29	Big Spring	Tx	FCI Big Spring	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping a room when he slipped and fell sustaining a broken ulna and radius in the right arm.
2021-06-23	Midlothian	Tx	Flynn BEC LP - Dallas/Fort Worth	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was mopping hot tar when he tripped backwards over the mop cart. His right arm landed inside the cart, which was half full of asphalt. He suffered second-degree burns to the forearm and hand.
2021-03-15	Round Rock	Tx	Ferguson Plumbing Supply	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading a concrete mop sink from the back of a truck with a dolly. The slope of the ramp caused the sink to slide down the dolly and crush the employee's right thumb. The employee suffered a fracture and dislocation to the thumb.
2021-03-06	Lakeside	Oh	The Lakeside Association	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was hanging up a mop in a kitchen. The kitchen door opened as another employee walked through, and the employee's left little finger was caught between the door and the door jamb. The finger was broken and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-03-04	Monticello	Ny	The Center for Discovery	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet, recently mopped floor and fell, suffering a broken femur and wrist.
2021-01-28	Saint Petersburg	Fl	Advanced Refrigeration & Air, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Other fall to lower level
An employee had been climbing a fixed ladder while carrying a mop. The employee slid down the ladder and landed on the ground, sustaining bilateral foot fractures.
2020-10-02	Pittsgrove	Nj	Bancroft	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
While mopping the floor with hot water, an employee slipped and fell in the water. The employee sustained burns on the arms, torso, and buttocks.
2020-09-11	Pittsburgh	Pa	TruFood Mfg.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee suffered an asthma attack in an area that was being mopped.
2020-09-01	North Platte	Ne	The Salvation Army	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping the floor when she slipped on the wet floor and fell. The employee sustained a broken femur.
2020-07-25	Broad Brook	Connecticut	Key Human Services, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was mopping the floor. While carrying the mop, bucket, and a bottle down the stairs, she slipped on the fifth or sixth steps from the bottom. She fell backwards and hit the back of her head. She was hospitalized for a possible head injury.
2020-07-12	Jamaica	New York	AccentCare Inc.	Foot (feet)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was mopping a floor with bleach. The bleach came into contact with the bottoms of the employee's feet, burning them.
2020-06-12	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	UPMC St. Margaret	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cleaning a room with a mop. The employee stepped backward and their foot became entangled in the mop. The employee tripped and fell backward to the floor, resulting in a back injury and a hip contusion.
2020-05-28	Lithia Springs	Georgia	Walmart	Heart	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee had been mopping and hand scrubbing spilled paint off the floor. The employee lost consciousness due to a possible heart attack. He fell and struck his head on a pallet jack.
2020-05-22	Ladysmith	Wisconsin	Ladysmith Nursing Home, Inc.	Lumbar region	Fall on same level due to slipping
On May 22, 2020, an employee was walking across a wet mopped floor when the employee slipped and fell to the floor, suffering a compression fracture to the lower back. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-05-20	Medina	Ohio	Outback Steak House	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On May 20, 2020, an employee was mopping a restaurant floor. As he was wringing the mop in the bucket, he slipped, fell, and broke his left hip. He hospitalized.
2020-05-11	Middletown	Connecticut	PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was in the in the rear of a bucket truck making up material when another employee aloft in the bucket began to lower the basket to its cradled position. The employee in the back of the truck was struck on the right shoulder by the bottom of the basket, which caused forward momentum and positioned him between the basket rest and the basket as it came to its resting position. He suffered five broken ribs on the right side of his abdomen and a hemopneumothorax.
2020-05-06	Jacksonville	Florida	ABM Industries LLC	Leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was mopping a restroom floor when her hand slipped from the mop handle and she lost balance and fell to the floor. She broke her left leg and was unable to stand, requiring hospitalization.
2020-04-16	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Kaiser-Francis Oil Company	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on recently mopped wet tile in an elevator landing at work, falling to the wet floor and breaking her hip. She was hospitalized.
2020-04-10	Middletown	Pennsylvania	MJ AG Service LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was driving a pallet jack to the back of the dry storage area to put away the dry mop. The employee exited the pallet jack as it was coming to a stop. The pallet jack rolled over the employee's right foot causing a crushing injury.
2020-03-16	Springfield	Missouri	Kum and Go	Leg(s)	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was working the third shift, either mopping or running the cash register, when the employee was shot in the leg by an active shooter.
2020-03-16	Portage	Wisconsin	TA Operating LLC	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While preparing to mop the area an employee stepped over a case of water bottles, tripped, and fell to the ground resulting in fractures to the left wrist and hip.
2020-03-01	Melbourne	Florida	Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping a floor. When he went to get a caution sign, he slipped and fell to the floor, breaking and dislocating his elbow.
2020-01-18	Liberty	Texas	Burger Works Texas, LLC	Lumbar region	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was crossing into the kitchen area when she slipped on the floor, which had recently been mopped. She fell to the floor, hitting the back of her head and spraining her lower back. She was hospitalized.
2020-01-14	Thornton	Colorado	HZ OPS Holding	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was filling a mop bucket with hot water for cleaning. 200-degree water spilled out of the bucket onto the employee, causing first- and second-degree burns to the front of the employee's body and the employee's left leg.
2019-08-29	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Woodhaven Care Center LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on an office floor that had just been mopped, suffering a broken hip.
2019-08-18	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	MERCY HOSPITAL	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cleaning a restroom. He discovered water spots on the floor in one of the stalls and placed a caution sign on the floor. As he was about to get a mop, he tripped over the sign and fell to the floor, suffering facial contusions and neck strain. He was hospitalized, undergoing spine surgery.
2019-08-12	Fayetteville	Georgia	Frontier Management	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was helping a resident when she slipped and fell on a recently mopped floor, injuring her right knee and left thumb.
2019-07-03	Fort Worth	Texas	Crossroads LP	Multiple body parts	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was cleaning a thermoplastic cart. The thermoplastic was being drained into a 55-gallon metal drum and was heated. The drum had trash in it and the thermoplastic heated up some aerosol paint cans that were not visible and caused them to explode. The explosion threw the hot thermoplastic on the employee's head and arms, causing burns.
2019-06-24	Colorado Springs	Colorado	CENTRAL STATES ROOFING CO.	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was applying hot asphalt to material layers. As the employee moved toward a parapet wall to cut a roll of felt, the employee slipped and fell forward. The employee's hand then entered the mop cart that contained the hot asphalt, causing third degree burns to the right hand and wrist.
2019-05-22	Colorado Springs	Colorado	CENTRAL STATES ROOFING CO.	Forearm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
A crew was applying hot asphalt to a built-up roof. They were tearing off the old roof and applying layers of asphalt and roofing materials to build the roof up at several layers. Asphalt is heated on the ground and built up through a pipe, put into a pie boy and a low-profile mop cart (400 to 500 degrees F), and applied to the roof with a mop that spreads hot asphalt at the right thickness. Because the asphalt cools quickly, the crew had to lay it out in a grid on rolls of felt. The injured emp
2019-05-17	Troy	Ohio	Ruby Tuesday #4802	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking into the bar area when the employee slipped and fell on the wet floor that had just been mopped, suffering a broken left hip.
2019-05-01	Winter Park	Florida	Edgar Quintin Inc	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was mopping hot tar on a roof when his foot stuck to the roof. As he tried to move he fell and his arms landed in the mop bucket which contained hot tar. The employee sustained burns to the left arm and right hand requiring hospitalization.
2019-04-05	Austin	Texas	American Building Company	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
While mopping the stairwell, an employee lost her balance and fell at the bottom of the stairs, breaking her hip.
2019-03-25	Commerce City	Colorado	Oribi Manufacturing, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
A temporary employee was operating a forming station. A robot carrying hot thermoplastic composite struck the employee.
2019-03-14	Monett	Missouri	Schreiber Foods	Upper and lower limb(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was pulling a cart with a cast manifold and mopping the floor. The cart rolled forward, dropping one leg into a drain, and the cart tipped. The manifold then fell and landed on the employee, breaking her left index finger, left ankle, and four left toes.
2019-02-23	Dallas	Texas	ABM	Face	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a bucket and mop when he slipped on a waxed floor and fell, cutting his face on a conveyor lever.
2019-02-16	Austin	Texas	Crossmark, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while mopping a floor, suffering a broken hip, a bruised left shoulder, and a head contusion.
2019-02-12	Calais	Maine	WALMART	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
The injured employee was working with another employee stripping wax off the floor. The injured employee backed into the area just mopped by the second employee, slipped and fell hitting his head on the floor. The employee suffered a concussion.
2019-01-21	Fernandina Beach	Florida	IH Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
A janitor was entering a restroom, holding a mop with her left hand and the door with her right hand. The door slammed shut, catching her right middle finger between the door and the door jamb. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
2019-01-18	Oak Ridge	Tennessee	Lawler-Wood Y-12, LLC	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was dry mopping the floor when she tripped over her safety shoe and fell to the floor on her left side, breaking her left arm.
2019-01-16	Blue Springs	Missouri	HY-VEE	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee fell while mopping floors. A fire extinguisher was knocked off the wall and landed on his right index finger, causing an amputation up to the first knuckle.
2019-01-11	Lakewood	Colorado	ARC Thrift Store - Green Mountain	Brain	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was mopping when his head struck a metal merchandise rack, resulting in a concussion.
2018-09-21	Tacoma	Washington	NORTHWEST DETENTION CENTER	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a freshly mopped floor and fell fracturing her femur. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-09-04	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Christ Covenant Church	Hand(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down a hallway that was just mopped when he slipped and fell. He attempted to break his fall with his right hand, splitting it on impact.
2018-08-24	Denver	Colorado	National Jewish Health	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell to the cement floor while putting away a mop. The employee suffered a dislocated right knee, sprained right ankle, and broken right wrist.
2018-08-22	North Bergen	New Jersey	Quality Temps	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A temporary employee slipped while mopping the floor and suffered a broken hip.
2018-08-16	Magnolia	Texas	Kroger#389	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell to the floor while mopping it, breaking his right hip.
2018-08-13	Tunica Resorts	Mississippi	HWCC-Tunica, LLC	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
On August 13, 2018, an employee walked on a wet linoleum floor after it had just been mopped. She slipped and fell, breaking her wrist and fracturing her hip and pelvis.
2018-07-23	West Islip	New York	Our Lady of Consolation Nursing & Rehabilitative Care Center	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking into a day room when she slipped and fell on a wet floor that was just recently mopped. She fell on her left knee and fractured her kneecap.
2018-06-27	Midlothian	Texas	Flynn BEC LP	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee side stepped and then tripped and fell. When he reached his arms out to brace for impact, his right arm entered a mop cart of hot asphalt and sustained burns from the top of the hand to just below the elbow.
2018-06-24	Schaumburg	Illinois	Victoria's Secret Stores, LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell on a freshly mopped tile floor, suffering injuries to her left arm and knee. The muscle separated from the bone on the knee, requiring surgery.
2018-06-17	San Antonio	Texas	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor while mopping a resident's room. The employee broke the right knee and was hospitalized.
2018-05-23	Lake Buena Vista	Florida	Hands On Staffing	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On 5/23/2018, an employee was mopping the floor when she backed into a capped conduit, slipped, and fell, breaking her wrist.
2018-05-14	West Palm Beach	Florida	Starbucks store#14230	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped while walking behind a counter after another employee had previously mopped the floor. She fell to the floor and fractured her wrist.
2018-04-26	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Goodwill of SWPA	Coccygeal region	Fall on same level
An employee fell backwards while mopping the floor, suffering a tailbone contusion.
2018-04-15	Grove City	Ohio	Walmart Stores Inc	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating a lift carrying cleaning supplies in the warehouse. The employee reached back to keep a mop handle from falling and struck the racking support. The employee sustained a right leg laceration and femur fractures. The left patella was also fractured.
2018-04-14	Levittown	Pennsylvania	BluePearl Operations, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
The floor of an exam room had been freshly mopped and a "Wet Floor" warning sign had been put out. An employee came into the exam room and slipped and fell on the sign, breaking ribs on his left side. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-30	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	WEST PENN HOSPITAL	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee had just finished mopping the floor when she tripped on her shoe lace and fell to the ground, fracturing her left femur.
2018-03-29	Miami	Florida	SUNRISE COMMUNITY INC.	Knee(s)	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
After moping the floor, an employee was putting away a mop and broom when a resident ran toward her and fell on her, breaking her left knee.
2018-03-09	Ada	Oklahoma	Braum's Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell after mopping the floor, fracturing the right hip.
2018-03-05	Batavia	Illinois	Power Packaging Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was dry mopping and sweeping a pedestrian aisle near a packing line when she slipped and fell on the floor, injuring her head and back and suffering a possible concussion. She was hospitalized.
2018-03-01	Jacksonville	Florida	Gate Petroleum #1211	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping the floor in the gas station when she slipped on a wet spot and fell, fracturing her right hip.
2018-01-23	Melbourne	Florida	Dyne Corp International	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was leaving work when she approached the entrance to the building and slipped and fell on the floor, which was being mopped. She suffered a possible hip fracture.
2018-01-12	Cedar Hill	Texas	Total Highway Maintenance, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating thermoplastic to open a pipe when the hot thermoplastic came through the joints and burned the employee, requiring hospitalization.
2017-08-30	Frankfort	Illinois	Kohl's	Hand(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on wet ceramic floor tiles that had just been mopped. She fell on her wrist and injured her hand.
2017-08-21	Chicago	Illinois	Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.	Coccygeal region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was mopping stairs in a stairwell due to some water accumulation when she slipped and fell down the stairs, suffering back pain and a bruised tailbone.
2017-07-20	Atlanta	Georgia	Coca-Cola North America	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating a forklift to transfer a pallet of product through the warehouse and drove over a wet area that had just been mopped. The forklift lost traction and slid into a rack. The employee's right hand was caught in the metal grate of the rack, fracturing her middle, ring, and pinky fingers and lacerating her hand.
2017-07-01	Florence	Alabama	Diversified Maintenance - RWS, LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee had mopped a floor, left the area, and then returned. While walking on the damp floor, the employee slipped, fell, and fractured the left kneecap.
2017-03-20	Amory	Mississippi	GCA Education Services Central States, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping the floor when she fell and fractured her hip.
2017-02-24	Johnstown	Pennsylvania	Artutus Park Manor	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet floor while she was mopping it and fell breaking her right wrist.
2016-10-16	Atchison	Kansas	Medicalodges Atchison	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking through the dining room when she slipped and fell on the recently mopped floor. She landed on her left knee and then rolled on to her right side. She was hospitalized with a fractured left tibia and fractured left patella.
2016-09-21	Welch	Minnesota	Treasure Island Resort and Casino	Lower extremities	Fall on same level
On or about September 21, 2016, at 8:30 a.m., an employee fell while manually mopping a bathroom floor, fracturing the right leg or ankle.
2016-07-14	Fairfield	Ohio	Frisch's Restaurants, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee filled a mop bucket with hot water. When the employee moved the bucket, hot water splashed onto and burned his right shin, ankle, and foot.
2016-07-13	Appleton	Wisconsin	Ministry Health Care	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee fell backwards while mopping the floor, hitting her head and blacking out. She was hospitalized with a head injury.
2016-06-15	Tahlequah	Oklahoma	Walmart Store #10	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee working in the deli slipped in mop water and fell, suffering a broken pelvis and elbow, as well as internal injuries.
2016-05-23	Clearwater	Florida	Cockney Roofing, Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was pouring hot tar from a tote bucket to a mop cart when the person mopping went to dip the mop. The hot tar then splashed up and inside of the employee's glove, burning his right forefinger, thumb, and hand.
2016-04-30	Silver Creek	Nebraska	Frontier Cooperative	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee had just finished mopping the floor. As they placed the "Wet Floor" sign they slipped and fell. The result was a broken hip.
2016-04-05	Atlanta	Georgia	Publix 1544	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping the break room when he stepped into the water on the break room floor, slipped, and struck his head on the floor.
2016-03-14	Macon	Georgia	Central Georgia Senior Health, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking across a freshly mopped floor when she slipped and fell, fracturing her ankle.
2016-02-23	Saddle Brook	New Jersey	Columbia Sussex, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
While mopping the floor of the kitchen, an employee slipped and fell, striking the back, shoulder, and head on the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized overnight with bumps and bruises.
2016-02-17	Sandusky	Ohio	KYKLOS BEARINGS INTERNATIONAL, LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On February 17, 2017, an employee slipped on the bathroom floor that was just mopped and suffered a knee injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-02-08	Hartford	Connecticut	HARTFORD HOSPITAL	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping a floor on February 8, 2016, when she slipped and fell injuring her right side and ribs.
2016-01-27	Englewood	Colorado	ABM Industry, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Rubbed or abraded by objects being handled
An employee was mopping the floor using a wooden-handle mop when a splinter entered his left finger. He was hospitalized and the finger was amputated.
2016-01-12	Champion	Pennsylvania	Seven Springs Mountain Resort	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking outside between two exterior buildings to get a bucket to mop the floor when he slipped on snow and fell to the ground, fracturing his ribs.
2016-01-07	Middletown	Pennsylvania	Canteen Vending	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee mopped the floor of the dish room and then slipped and fell on the wet floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2015-12-27	Aberdeen	South Dakota	AVERA ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping in a patient's room when the door started to close. The employee attempted to prevent the door from closing and slipped in the process. The employee sustained a hairline fracture to the head of the femur.
2015-12-22	Kansas City	Kansas	LaborMax staffing	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping floors in a kitchen, slipped, fell, and broke his arm.
2015-12-18	Brooklyn	New York	ABM Janitorial Services Northeast	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was mopping a stairwell when she missed a step and fell down the stairs resulting in a fractured left arm, bruised eye, bruised face, and a concussion.
2015-11-07	Lutz	Florida	BayCare Health System, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while mopping the floor, sustaining a broken hip from the impact.
2015-11-03	Kansas City	Missouri	Childrens Mercy Hospital	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell on slick floors that were being mopped.
2015-10-18	North Canton	Ohio	Ohio's A Quality Cleaners Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
On October 18, 2015, an employee was mopping the stairs of a double landing staircase to the second floor. The employee was found laying on the first landing. The employee is hospitalized with a severe head injury and possible broken neck.
2015-10-03	Spring	Texas	Little Caesar Enterprises	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On 10/03/2015, an employee was mopping the floor behind the counters with a mop and bucket when the mop handle struck the menu board sign, causing a piece to fall off and strike the employee's head. The employee later experienced a seizure and was hospitalized.
2015-09-14	Orlando	Florida	Florida Hospital Orlando	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a puddle of water and fell when moving trash containers to mop the floor of the utility room. The employee's right knee cap was fractured.
2015-09-02	Prentiss	Mississippi	ROWELL ROOFING, INC.	Head and trunk	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was repairing a commercial roof when he stepped off a small drop and lost his balance. He grabbed onto the hot mop cart to keep from falling and he was splashed with hot asphalt, sustaining burns to his head and back and requiring hospitalization.
2015-09-02	Columbia	Missouri	LABOR READY	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
On September 2, 2015, an employee was mopping/cleaning a church floor when she slipped and fell on the wet surface, striking the back of her head on the floor. She sustained serious head injuries and required hospitalization.
2015-08-05	New York	New York	US MAINTENANCE	Groin	Other fall to lower level
An employee was mopping a staircase with multiple sections and landings when he misstepped and fell onto the corner edge of the lower level step.
2015-05-26	Fort Myers	Florida	The Christian and Missionary Alliance Foundation, Inc.	Eye(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
A housekeeping employee received an eye injury while mopping the floors. The employee had placed the mop in the bucket and turned away. While the employee was turning back around to get the mop, the handle slipped from its original position and struck the employee in the eye.
2015-05-20	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Remed Recovery Care	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee injured his back in a patient's apartment when he picked up a bucket of water used to mop the floor from the sink.