Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-03-08 | Atlantic Beach | Florida | Sorrells Residential Framing, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was removing a 3-feet by 5-feet AC wood platform while on a 6-foot A-frame ladder when the weight of the platform shifted and knocked him off balance, causing his left leg to be caught between the ladder's rungs as he fell about 4 feet to the floor. He suffered a compound fracture to his left leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-28 | Atlantic Beach | Florida | Seaside Community Charter School Consortium | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was standing outside on a wooden walkway next to an entrance door. It had been raining and the wooden walkway was wet. The employee opened the door for a student. The student walked into the building. The door was about to slam shut so the employee twisted to grab the door and slipped on the wet walkway falling to the ground and breaking his tibia. | |||||
2015-02-05 | Atlantic Beach | Florida | U.S. Postal Service | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
Employee noticed that the cargo door of his assigned Long Life Vehicle snapped while unloading mail. He placed flat tubs (plastic containers that are used to carry mail) under the broken cargo door to hold the door up as he was unloading mail when he either hit the tub or the tub flipped out, causing the door to fall on his right hand. He severed his middle fingertip. |