Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-10 | Bonita Springs | Fl | Vance Brothers Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was laying plywood on a roof. After moving to pick up a bunk of plywood, he fell 12 feet from the roof to the ground, suffering a broken arm and a broken back. The employee was wearing fall protection but it was not connected to an anchoring point at the time of the fall. | |||||
2020-08-28 | Bonita Springs | Fl | PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On August 28, 2020, around 4:13 a.m., an employee was preparing to help unload a trailer at a loading dock. As the employee was traversing from the loading dock to the trailer, he missed the trailer and fell to the ground. He put his right arm out, which took the force of the fall and resulted in a fractured right wrist. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Fusion Electric & Engineering LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell from a ladder that was more than 15 feet high to the unpaved dirt ground, suffering a broken clavicle as well as broken ribs and vertebrae. | |||||
2020-01-28 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Sunny Groove Landscape & Irrigation Maintenance LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder dumping trash onto trucks. He lost his balance and fell off the ladder, twisting his body and falling to the pavement on his right arm, which was dislocated. | |||||
2020-01-10 | Bonita Springs | Florida | S & S PRECAST LAND DEVELOPMENT, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object or equipment |
At about 10:20 a.m. on January 10, 2020, an employee was using a traveling crane to lift concrete product. The crane's lifting bar cable broke and struck the employee, breaking his collarbone. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Anisz LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder, fell to the ground, and was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Bonita Springs | Florida | KELLY ROOFING, L.L.C. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee climbed a ladder to the roof. He slipped on the roof's surface after dismounting the ladder and fell to the ground. He suffered fractured L1 and L2 vertebrae. | |||||
2019-06-04 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Saint Raphael Roofing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
On 6/04/2019, an employee was cleaning debris off the roof of a residential property and fell off the roof. He was hospitalized for injuries to his head and left arm. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Roof Smart of SW Florida, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
A roofer fell from the roof and was hospitalized for a head injury. It was raining at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-04-26 | Bonita Springs | Florida | TRIDENT BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A rigging crew was adjusting the straps of an 800 lb. steel beam member being lifted as part of a steel building construction when the beam clamp slipped and the beam fell, striking an employee who was checking rigging nearby on his back. He suffered broken ribs and lacerations. | |||||
2018-04-13 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Bonita Bay Club, Inc. | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was getting the turf roller off a trailer when the roller ran over his left leg, fracturing it and requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-02-20 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Baywater Boat Rentals & Boat Club | Multiple body parts | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
An employee and a coworker were involved in a fight. The coworker cut the employee with a sharp object, lacerating his stomach, chest, back, and arm. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Bonita Springs | Florida | GBL Group of Florida, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While performing masonry work from a scaffold plank, an employee tripped and fell 3 to 4 feet to the ground, breaking a rib and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-01-25 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Hogue Electric, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was climbing a ladder to access the blower motor. The employee was standing on the fourth rung when their right hand came in contact with the running pulley belt resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-01-20 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Adler Roofing | Coccygeal region | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was carrying a bucket up a ladder to an 18-foot roof. The employee then stepped on plywood sheathing and slipped off the roof to the ground, suffering a broken tailbone. | |||||
2017-01-03 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Accurate Drilling Systems, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was picking up cones and warning signs in a road construction area when he was struck by a runaway car, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-09-03 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Dependable Stucco LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on a mast climber work platform cord when the machine turned on and the railing pulled in his hand, crushing his right forearm. | |||||
2016-06-21 | Bonita Springs | Florida | HYATT REGENCY COCONUT POINT RESORT AND SPA | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working on an HVAC system when the fan blades cut his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Wildcat Renovation, LLC | Wrist(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
An employee was carrying a mirror to the dumpster when it broke and cut his left wrist, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-03-02 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Ad-Ler Roofing, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was wearing a full harness, shock absorbing lanyard, rope, and anchor while working on the second floor roof. The employee slipped on a peel-and-stick felt pad and fell. He landed on his feet and fractured his right hip. He had 38 feet of rope laid out and the roof height was 23 feet. | |||||
2015-07-03 | Bonita Springs | Florida | MITCHELL & STARK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was inside a manhole when a 2x4 fell into the hole and hit the top of his finger that was grasping the ladder amputating it. | |||||
2015-01-19 | Bonita Springs | Florida | Vision Landscaping of Florida, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was checking the lights on the trailer or truck, which had just been repaired. He climbed up onto the trailer to check the lights and slipped due to the morning dew on the trailer. He landed the wrong way and broke his left tibia. |