Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-23 | Apollo Beach | Fl | Jadac, LLC. | Hand(s) | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee was about to begin working on top of a four-story apartment building. As he grabbed his lanyard to tie off, he slipped on wet plywood and fell from the building to the ground. He suffered a broken left hand and a strained right hand. | |||||
2021-06-10 | Apollo Beach | Fl | SRS Distribution Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was delivering supplies to a roof when they began showing signs of heat exhaustion, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Apollo Beach | Fl | Electric Power Research Institute | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was walking in the parking lot when he tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, resulting in a separated left shoulder that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-04-29 | Apollo Beach | Fl | Hayden Trucking LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
On April 29, 2020, a pilot driver for an oversized load that had been transported from Texas was struck in the legs by the decking of the trailer that had been used to transport the oversized load. When a crane attempted to lift the decking at its destination in Florida, the load shifted and struck the pilot driver in the legs causing a fracture. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-02 | Apollo Beach | Florida | JN Electric of Tampa Bay, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was 6 feet up an 8-foot ladder. While descending, the employee slipped and fell to the dirt ground, suffering a right shoulder injury. | |||||
2019-05-28 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a shear and amputated the left middle finger. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a wire sling to stand up a 1,000-pound sheave wheel in a vertical position. The wheel fell over and hit his left foot, crushing it against a 4-by-4. He was hospitalized, and a toe was surgically amputated. | |||||
2019-01-10 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | Shank Waste Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the garbage truck's lift handle to pull a garbage can up to the truck to dump the garbage. On the way down, his left index finger became caught in the safety latch of the lift. The employee sustained the amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
2018-02-02 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | Camping World of Pittsburgh | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice and fell as they were walking from their car into work. The employee was hospitalized for knee surgery. | |||||
2017-09-29 | Apollo Beach | Florida | Prace Integrated Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered from heat stress while working on a scaffold and stripping insulation, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-04-06 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | OB Milling, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was ripping wood on a gang saw when a piece of wood ejected from the machine and struck the employee in the chest. He suffered a punctured lung and laceration. | |||||
2015-08-23 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | Liquid Luggers | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was cleaning out a mud pond when his right leg, up to his shin, became stuck in the mud. He was unable to free himself. A coworker used a high-pressure washing wand to try to loosen the area around the employee's leg. The pressure wand got too close and cut through the employee's boot, lacerating the side of his right foot from the small toe to the middle. He was hospitalized and received stitches. | |||||
2015-02-03 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | United States Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot. She was hospitalized for a broken hip. | |||||
2015-01-08 | Apollo | Pennsylvania | Sparkle Construction | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a piece of wood when he slipped and made contact with the rotating blade on a DeWalt miter saw. The employee cut off the tip of his right index finger. The employee was taken to UPMC East for treatment. |