Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

An employee had climbed to the top of a ladder to stock tools. The wheels on the bottom of the ladder were not locked and another employee began to move the ladder to another location. The employee on top of the ladder lost balance and fell to the floor, suffering broken ribs and a punctured […]

An employee was patrolling the complex in a golf cart when the employee collided with a stationary trailer, suffering a laceration to the right leg, body contusions, a bruised aorta, and a blood clot in the heart.

An employee was putting a license plate onto the front of a truck when the truck ran over him and drug him into the wash bay. He was hospitalized with lacerations and a puncture to the face, lacerations to the arms, part of the ear cut off, and multiple internal injuries.

An employee was cleaning out the fuel additive bucket at the gas pumps when a customer’s vehicle struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fracture ribs, facial injuries and a lacerated liver.

An employee fell four to five feet off the ramp of a ramp truck and landed on his back. The employee was hospitalized for a partially collapsed lung.

An employee was cleaning a floor when a forklift slid on the floor and struck him, fracturing his ribs and back and damaging his kidney.

An employee was installing wiring for an alarm system at a construction site for a new apartment complex. The employee walked around a corner and tripped over a ladder left on the ground. The employee fell and injured their spleen.

An employee was climbing down from a scaffold. The locking key to the midrail came undone, and the employee lost his grip on the rail (which was wet) and fell. He landed on the ground about 12 feet below, suffering cracked ribs and bruised lungs.

While receiving shopping baskets in a parking lot, an employee tripped and fell over a concrete parking stop. The employee suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung and was hospitalized.

A border agent was riding on an ATV, chasing after a group of people. The ATV hit a rut with deep vegetation. The agent was thrown from the ATV and suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a punctured lung.