Report: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object at Purcell Tire & Rubber Company in Mabelvale, Arkansas

An employee was rotating tires on a customer’s vehicle. While carrying the tires from the rear to the front of the vehicle, the employee tripped over an air hose and fell. The employee’s head struck a four-post lift, and the employee suffered a spine injury.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Covenant Rehabilitation Hospital of Lubbock, LLC in Lubbock, Texas

While cleaning up a room, an employee slipped and landed on her back. She sustained injury to the spinal cord and was hospitalized.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Pappas Restaurants, Inc. in Houston, Texas

An employee was using an 8-foot step ladder to access boxes stored on an upper shelf when the employee fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering a lumbar spine injury.

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Report: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet at Safety Kleen Systems, Inc. in Houston, Texas

An employee was working from the top of a tank on a truck and was opening a dome lid to relieve pressure when he slipped and fell approximately 7 feet to a concrete surface. He suffered a spinal injury and was hospitalized.

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Report: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. at TruTemps Staffing in El Paso, Texas

An employee was loading a parked trailer using a forklift when the trailer began to drive off. The forklift with the employee rolled off the trailer and landed on its back side. He suffered spinal injuries and was hospitalized.

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Report: Other fall to lower level, unspecified at Americas Welders Corp. in Baytown, Texas

An employee was working from an extendable boom platform when the boom was struck by an overhead crane’s block and tackle, which had broken loose. The employee was thrown outside of the platform, suffering multiple spinal injuries and requiring hospitalization.

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