Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

On October 24, 2019, a forklift operator picked up two pieces of granite slabs using a lifter that was attached to a forklift truck. The two slabs weighed approximately 3,421 pounds. The injured employee had his hand on the two granite slabs while the forklift operator was moving them into position to place them on […]

An employee was cutting and removing a fallen tree and was pinning down the power line and communication cables. As the tree was being cut and removed, the communication cable sprang up and struck the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries.

An employee was cutting a metal stud with a band saw when the saw got in a bind and pulled his hand into the blade.

An employee was hand loading 8-inch x 18-inch cement cinder blocks from a store’s lumber yard onto a customer’s vehicle. The employee wrenched his back and was hospitalized for a possible pinched nerve, slipped disc, or spinal injury.

While attaching a lifting sling to a truck, an employee was struck by a backhoe bucket. The employee suffered a right hip injury.

An employee was carrying a tray to the kitchen and something was blocking the kitchen door. The employee tried to push the door open. The door came back and hit the tray, which struck the employee in the throat area. The employee suffered blunt neck trauma and respiratory failure.

An employee walking up a ramp fell over the rails and injured his back and ribs. He was hospitalized.

An employee overextended and injured his back while reaching to tighten a bolt during a wheel alignment. He was hospitalized.

An employee was struck by a vehicle being moved by another employee, suffering injuries to the chest/ribs, back, and head.

An employee was on a scaffold, framing a roof. The employee fell 17 feet to the ground, suffering a back injury and a head contusion.