Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-27	Springfield	Ma	American Builders and Contractors Supply Co., Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On October 27, 2021, two employees were assembling a shelving unit with a co-worker. A boom attachment on the top shelf of the racking fell down as the two employees were pulling on the crossbar to lower one of the shelves in the middle of the rack. The boom fell and hit the crossbar, jamming it in an employee's left collar bone and chest. The cross bar then fell and landed on the other employee's feet, resulting in a fracture and hospitalization.
2021-10-10	Mckinney	Tx	Encore Wire Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a forklift when it collided with a steel storage rack system. His right hand was pinned between the shelves and the forklift's overhead guard, and he suffered fingertip amputations.
2021-09-13	Antigo	Wi	Fleet Wholesale Supply Company	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On September 13, 2021, an employee was using a rolling ladder to restock shelves. The ladder moved as the employee stepped back onto it, causing the employee to fall to the floor about 10 feet below and suffer a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-12	Cleveland	Oh	Dollar Tree	Multiple body parts	Shooting by other person-intentional
Employee 1 had been stocking shelves. A fight broke out in the store and continued out into the parking lot. Employee 1 was shot in the hand and abdomen by a customer. Another employee was also injured.
2021-07-28	Buford	Ga	DiversiTech Buford DC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was replenishing shelves from a narrow aisle reach truck. As the truck turned, the employee's left foot was caught between the operator platform and the protective rail for the shelving units. The employee's middle toe was amputated.
2021-07-26	Miami	Fl	Gold Coast Beverage Distributors LLC	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was reaching out to place merchandise on shelves. His middle and ring fingers got caught on a shelf and both fingertips were amputated.
2021-06-09	Port Charlotte	Fl	Walmart Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while stocking shelves. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-14	Humble	Tx	Leslie's Pool Mart Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a step stool placing labels on shelves. She fell from the stool to the ground, landing on her left side and suffering a broken hip.
2021-03-31	West Seneca	Ny	Tops Markets, LLC #212	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was stocking shelves when they suffered an allergic reaction to nuts and cleaning products, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-03-28	Norwich	Ny	Price Chopper #161	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was standing on top of a cooler to view the upper shelves and fell through the top to the cooler floor. The employee sustained a concussion, a broken wrist, and contusions.
2021-03-17	Kearney	Ne	Menards, Inc.	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was stocking shelves when a bungee cord on a freight cart came loose and struck the employee in the head, causing a head injury.
2021-02-23	Concord	Nh	Walmart Supercenter	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking shelves when they fell from a stock cart to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
2021-02-12	Republic	Mo	Walmart Supercenter	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was stocking shelves and while lifting a box heard a crack in their back. The employee was hospitalized with a broken back.
2020-10-14	Pleasant Prairie	Wi	J.C. Penney	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stocking product on shelves from a two-step stepladder. The employee fell, suffering a broken left arm.
2020-10-09	Buda	Tx	The Hershey Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was stocking shelves with chocolate products. The employee lifted a box weighing 20 to 30 pounds, and while twisting to put it on a shelf, he sustained an injury to organs in his lower right abdomen.
2020-09-22	The Woodlands	Tx	The Kroger Company	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a one-step ladder stocking shelves. Her foot slipped as she stepped backwards off the step ladder and she fell onto her right knee. Her tibia was fractured.
2020-07-21	Montrose	Colorado	Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stocking shelves of vitamins using a 3-tiered step stool. The employee missed the last step while descending the step stool and fell backwards to the floor. The employee sustained a broken left hip.
2020-07-05	Washington	Pennsylvania	Walmart	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to throw away cardboard after stocking shelves when she suffered an amputation injury to her left index finger when it was caught between two stock shelving carts.
2020-06-26	South Pasadena	Florida	Walmart, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on spilled hair lotion while stocking products on shelves. The employee fell to the concrete floor and suffered a broken right knee.
2020-06-23	Quarryville	Pennsylvania	Giant Food Stores	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was stocking shelves and turned to grab another box when his leg gave out and he fell to the ground resulting in a fractured hip.
2020-06-23	Newton	New Jersey	Harbor Freight Tools	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced shortness of breath and dehydration while restocking shelves in a warehouse, requiring hospitalization.
2020-06-18	Weatherford	Texas	Walmart	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
While stocking merchandise on top shelves, an employee fell from a stock cart to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the head, arm and wrist, and required surgery for her wrist.
2020-06-12	Venice	Florida	Dollar Tree	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking chemicals on shelves and fell off a step ladder, hitting his head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.
2020-05-02	Yankton	South Dakota	Hy-Vee	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder to the floor below while restocking shelves, injuring the left wrist.
2020-04-23	Miamisburg	Ohio	Kroger	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking shelves using a ladder. While stepping down backwards, the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip or femur.
2020-04-02	Dayton	Ohio	Marshall Dayton Tire Sales Company, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The injured employee was inventorying tires when another employee, who was helping, pushed a ladder forward to the next section of shelves and bumped a tire, knocking it off the shelf. The falling tire struck the injured employee, causing a neck injury.
2020-02-27	Oceanside	New York	Marshalls	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was standing on the floor and bending over to stock shelves at ground level. The employee fell and sustained a broken right ankle.
2020-02-26	Littleton	Colorado	Costco	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stocking shelves, tripped over a pallet, and fell onto a case of wine bottles. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a punctured left lung.
2020-02-26	Holyoke	Massachusett	Advantage Solutions	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was moving cereal boxes on shelves while on a step stool. The employee mis-stepped while descending the step stool and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left hip and injury to the left wrist and left leg.
2020-02-06	Ashwaubenon	Wisconsin	Triangle Distributing	Knee(s)	Rubbed or abraded by kneeling on surface
An employee knelt on a pebble while stocking bottom shelves. His left knee became infected.
2020-02-05	Dallas	Texas	Walmart Supercenter #5823	Neck and back	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stocking shelves using a top stock ladder cart when the employee fell from the third step (approximately 29 inches) to the ground, suffering neck and back injuries that required hospitalization.
2020-02-05	Batavia	New York	Continental Auto Parts	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was stocking shelves from a "high low" powered industrial vehicle and fell onto the warehouse floor. The employee suffered a broken hip, elbow and ankle and a head injury.
2020-01-31	Fort Collins	Colorado	Tolmar Inc	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was stocking shelves with new, unopened chemicals. The employee fell over and struck their head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury and possible chemical exposure.
2020-01-13	Bartonville	Texas	Fred Meyer Jewelers	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking empty watch boxes onto shelves while on a rolling stool when the stool rolled out from underneath the employee. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a fractured hip.
2020-01-05	Madisonville	Texas	Buc-ee's, Ltd.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder getting boxes down from shelves when the employee fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering an ankle injury.
2020-01-04	Massillon	Ohio	Menard, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking freight on shelves from a ladder when the employee slipped and fell off the ladder, suffering a broken hip and cuts to the arm.
2019-09-05	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Two laboratory employees were re-stocking chemicals on shelves. While moving a 4-liter glass bottle of acetonitrile the bottle dropped and broke, splashing them with acetonitrile.
2019-08-23	Cranberry Township	Pennsylvania	Target	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working in the front stock room. She was standing on an 8-foot ladder near the top, putting 8-pound boxes onto shelves. She lost her balance and jumped from the ladder. She landed on both feet and suffered heel and ankle fractures.
2019-08-14	Akron	Ohio	JO-ANN STORES, LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down a ladder after putting material away on shelves. She fell to the ground, hitting her hand and head and twisting her ankle and leg. She was hospitalized with a broken femur.
2019-08-14	Kittanning	Pennsylvania	Big Lots	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was stocking shelves when the shelving amputated her left ring finger.
2019-08-12	Washington	Missouri	Walmart Supercenter	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was putting a box of produce on the shelf in the produce cooler. She was standing on the steel shelving wedge placed on the vertical base of the steel shelves to prevent damage when she slipped and her ring became caught on the steel shelving, resulting in a left ring finger degloving.
2019-07-31	Matamoras	Pennsylvania	Price Chopper Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was positioning product on the shelves in the chip aisle. The employee then turned to walk, tripped over a display, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
2019-07-29	Virginia Beach	Virginia	NEXCOM	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stocking shelves from a two-step step ladder. The employee fell, suffering a broken left ankle.
2019-07-19	Canton	Mississippi	NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was switching out an empty storage rack with a full storage rack that she had towed to the production line. The employee began closing the shelves on the empty rack, lowering each shelf, one at a time, starting with the bottom and working her way up. As the employee lowered the third shelf from the top, the second shelf dropped and closed on her right index finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-07-13	Chatsworth	Georgia	The Dixie Group	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a standup forklift when the back wheels struck a piece of wood causing the forklift to become unstable. The employee lost balance and the forklift struck a shelving rack. The shelves' horizontal member struck the employee in the chest causing a rib fracture on the right side.
2019-07-09	Blue Mountain	Mississippi	Dirt Cheep, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings
An employee was bitten by a spider while stocking shelves in a warehouse. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-25	Steubenville	Ohio	Trinity Health System	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was stocking shelves in a supply closest when the employee tripped over a piece of trim on the floor and fell to the same level, fracturing the right hip.
2019-04-24	Sarasota	Florida	General Nutrition Corporation	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was placing merchandise on shelves while standing on a stool ladder when she fell to the floor and fractured her leg, requiring hospitalization.
2019-04-16	San Marcos	Texas	HEB SAN MARCO RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was shelving a shipment of pallets with a pallet jack that had been staged in the staging area. The employee was returning from the shelves to pick up another pallet when she was struck by a forklift at an intersection. She fractured her lower left leg.
2019-03-27	Lenox	Massachusett	Price Chopper Inc. The	Brain	Nonclassifiable
While stocking shelves in a grocery story, an employee suffered a head injury. Disoriented and with a forehead laceration, he was hospitalized.
2019-03-06	Coral Springs	Florida	ALDI, LLC	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was stocking shelves when an electric pallet jack injured his foot.
2019-01-11	Cleveland	Ohio	WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using an 8-foot A-frame ladder to pull stock from the shelves in the back room. The employee fell from the ladder from an unknown height and hit the floor, lacerating her hand and injuring her back. She was hospitalized.
2018-09-12	Omaha	Nebraska	LOWES HOME IMPROVEMENT	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a rolling ladder to stock shelves. When he stepped onto the rail, the ladder shifted, causing him to slip and fall to the ground. He suffered a concussion and required stitches to his head. The ladder was not locked into place at the time of the incident.
2018-09-01	Orange	Connecticut	Ocean State Job Lot	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a 6-foot step ladder pulling a box out from under three other boxes on a shelf when she lost her balance and fell approximately 5 feet, hitting the shelves and floor. She was hospitalized with a head contusion, right hand laceration, right ankle sprain, and neck and back strain.
2018-07-10	Azle	Texas	CVS Health	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was bent down, stocking shelves, when a mobile cart struck her. She fell, breaking her left femur.
2018-05-31	Waltham	Massachusett	COSTCO	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
After stocking shelves, an employee stepped down from a step stool and missed the last step, causing him to fall and break his hip.
2018-05-29	Hartford	Wisconsin	Walmart 5463	Heart	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was stocking shelves and suffered a heart attack. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-04-20	Riviera Beach	Florida	Allied Building Products, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift inside the warehouse. His right hand was outside the lift when it was smashed between the lift and some warehouse racking shelves, resulting in partial amputations to his right middle and ring fingers.
2018-04-17	Newark	New York	WALMART #1813	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was stocking shelves when a shelf shifted, fell, and struck the employee's left pinky finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
2018-04-12	Odessa	Texas	AESSEAL, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
After cleaning dust off of shelves and straightening up the area, an employee was descending a ladder when she missed the bottom step and fell to the floor, fracturing her right hip.
2018-03-19	Elyria	Ohio	Cascade Manager Service, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On March 19, 2018, at approximately 5:41 a.m., an employee was stocking shelves while standing on two milk crates that were stacked on top of each other. The employee fell off the top milk crate and struck the bottom crate with their chest, suffering cracked ribs and a lung contusion. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-02-12	Fort Myers	Florida	PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stocking grocery shelves while standing on a stepstool. As the employee was stepping down from the stepstool, she missed the last step and fell to the ground resulting in a fractured left hip.
2018-01-22	Hodgkins	Illinois	Menard, Inc	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee was stocking the upper shelves in a store while riding in an order selector/platform lift. The employee fell from the lift and suffered a concussion.
2018-01-12	Bayonne	New Jersey	Bridgeview Liquors	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from an A-frame ladder while stocking shelves or retrieving product, sustaining head, back, and rib injuries.
2017-10-10	Corpus Christi	Texas	CORT Business Services Corporation	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell approximately 7 feet from warehouse storage shelves and broke his left ankle, requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-18	Jenkins Township	Pennsylvania	Tailored Brands	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was standing on a ladder while removing shelves stored on top of a pallet racking system. The employee had placed a foot on a box for balance when the box collapsed. The employee then fell 12 feet, requiring hospitalization for fractured ribs and vertebrae.
2017-09-01	Amarillo	Texas	Affiliated Foods Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee attempted to get on his pallet truck to go in reverse when the handle swung out and caught his hand between the handle and the steel shelves in the perishable department causing approximately 3/25 inch tip of the pinky finger to be amputated.
2017-08-26	Austin	Texas	People Ready, LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was setting up shelves in an elevated work zone when he lost his footing, bumped his knee on a side beam, and fell 6 feet to the ground, fracturing both ankles.
2017-08-08	Amarillo	Texas	United Supermarkets, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was putting product on the shelves of a produce cooler vault when he fell from a step ladder, fracturing his left hip.
2017-08-04	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	J&D Manufacturing, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
On August 4, 2017, at about 10:30 a.m., an employee was operating a forklift while pulling products from shelves. When the employee was stepping off the lift, it accelerated, causing her foot to become stuck between a rack and the lift. She suffered a fractured foot.
2017-05-14	Winter Haven	Florida	Circle K Stores, Inc.	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was utilizing a step stool to stock shelves, lost balance and fell striking his head on a shelf. The employee injured their head and shoulder.
2017-05-04	Oregon	Ohio	MEIJER STORES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On May 4, 2017, an employee was stocking shelves when the employee tripped on the shopping cart containing products to be stocked. The employee fell to the ground and fractured the left hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-03-25	Gainesville	Georgia	Mincey Marble Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 25, 2017, at 10:30 AM, an employee was operating a drill press to drill holes in shower shelves when the employee's right middle fingertip was caught on the drill bit. The fingertip had to be amputated up to the first knuckle.
2017-03-17	New Britain	Connecticut	Advance Auto Parts Store	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking the shelves using a rolling step ladder. The employee fell off the ladder and was admitted to the hospital for head trauma.
2017-03-07	Mobile	Alabama	Flowerwood Nursery, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee was performing inventory by placing oil on the shelves when a customer called out to him. The employee turned from his inventory activities and crossed the second bay pit that was partially covered by a wooden pit cover three feet long. When the employee stepped on the cover, it gave way and the employee fell four feet to the bottom of the pit breaking his right femur.
2017-02-01	Aurora	Colorado	Wallmart	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stocking the shelves. While descending the cart ladder, the employee missed the bottom rung and fell breaking the left hip and wrist.
2017-01-25	Gainesville	Georgia	Target Store#796	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stocking the back store room shelves using a mobile stair ladder. As she descended the ladder, the employee lost her footing and fell breaking her right knee.
2017-01-19	Reynoldsburg	Ohio	Home Depot	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing in an aisle, preparing to stock shelves, when he fainted, fell back, and hit his head.
2017-01-04	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Big Lots Stores Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was stocking shelves and loading a baler with empty cardboard boxes. She was pulling a rope attached to the baler door to close it when her left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated in the door.
2017-01-04	Deland	Florida	Performance Designs, Inc.	Skull	Nonclassifiable
An employee was filing quality documentation records in file boxes stored on metal shelves, which are about 10 feet high. She was later found unconscious on the concrete floor to the side of the metal shelving unit, which had fallen on the floor. She was hospitalized with a head injury and fractured skull.
2016-09-05	Farmington	Missouri	Menards	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was stocking store shelves when the product dropped on her foot, breaking four of her toes.
2016-09-02	Chalmette	Louisiana	Walgreens, CO.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was restocking shelves. As the employee turned, a knee gave out, and the employee fell fracturing the left hip and shoulder.
2016-07-25	Sylvania	Ohio	Kellogg's Company	Elbow(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was stocking shelves and opening a box with a box cutter. He leaned down on top of the box cutter, puncturing a vein in his elbow that required surgery.
2016-07-13	Mayflower	Arkansas	Lumber 1 Home Center	Ankle(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was squatting down adjusting inventories on lower shelves while a coworker was stocking yeti ice chests approximately 16 feet above the injured employee. The yeti ice chests were in cardboard boxes and weighed about 45lbs. The coworker lost their grip on one of the yeti boxes and it fell onto the injured employee knocking her into the shelving and then onto the floor. The injured employee passed out, and sustained a laceration on her left temple. She also suffered a broken right ank
2016-07-04	Parkesburg	Pennsylvania	Tractor Supply Company	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On July 4, 2016, at 12:00 PM, an employee fell from a 5-foot ladder while she was stocking shelves and hit her head on the floor.
2016-06-12	Cleveland	Ohio	McDonalds of Ohio	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stocking shelves in the back room when she tripped over a box and injured her right knee. She was hospitalized.
2016-06-06	San Marcos	Texas	El Milagro of Texas, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was picking up sample bags of corn from shelves adjacent to a semi-truck. The semi-truck moved forward and struck the employee's ankle resulting in an injury that required surgery.
2016-05-21	Waveland	Mississippi	WAL-MART #1195	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On May 21, 2016, at approximately 5:30 a.m., an employee was scanning bins on the shelves from a ladder. As she was descending the 6-foot ladder, she fell from the third step to the floor, breaking her left leg just below the knee.
2016-02-06	Mentor	Ohio	TJX Co.	Pelvis	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A glass shelf was leaning against the employee's leg. The employee lost balance and fell to the floor and some of the glass shelves fell on top of her. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a bruised right leg.
2015-12-20	Rochester	New York	Tuesday Morning	Head and neck	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying rivet bars, dropped one, tripped over it, and then fell face-first into wooden shelves. The employee sustained a fractured nose, teeth, and possible fractured neck.
2015-12-08	Winter Garden	Florida	Kirklands	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
While descending a 10 ft. A-frame ladder an employee's foot got caught between the rungs and the employee fell approximately 8 feet hitting some shelves before hitting the ground and fracturing the left arm.
2015-11-21	Guntersville	Alabama	Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder stocking retail products on shelves on 11/21/15 @ 3:15pm. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured the right ankle.
2015-09-15	Maspeth	New York	Knight Marketing Corporation of NY	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while restocking shelves injuring the elbow.
2015-07-29	Hammond	Louisiana	heritage crystal clean	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the top of drums loaded on the rear of his service truck while trying to reach absorbent materials. He struck the shelves in the truck, straining and tearing a back muscle.
2015-07-25	New York	New York	Costco Wholesale	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object or equipment
An employee got struck by metal shelves and suffered a soft tissue injury.
2015-06-30	Bellerose	New York	Staples	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a 10ft rolling ladder to restock shelves. She lost her balance and fell fracturing the left leg. The ladder's wheels were not locked out at the time of the incident.
2015-04-02	Doraville	Georgia	APPLIED CERAMICS, INC.	Jaw, chin	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee experienced a fractured mandible while attempting to loosen a bit on a stationary/mounted core drill. The pipe wrench in use slipped, striking the employee in the face and causing her to fall and strike her forehead, hand, and thumb on nearby shelves and the floor.
2015-02-27	Youngstown	Ohio	WALMART #3860	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of a pallet while stocking shelves. The employee fell from the pallet to the ground and broke her hip. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
2015-02-24	Kingwood	Texas	Steinmart	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On 2/24/2015, at approximately 2:00 PM, an employee was injured while restocking in the linen department at a department store. The employee was moving comforters and quilts from the floor to the shelves. The employee's foot got caught on one of the quilts that was on the floor, which caused her to fall onto her right hip. She could not get back up to her feet from that point. The injured employee was taken to Kingwood Hospital for treatment and is awaiting possible hip surgery.