Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-26 | Port Charlotte | Fl | Martinez Lawn Service, Inc. | Head and neck | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
An employee was putting rubber track that came off back onto a skid steer roller with the assistance of a pry bar. When the skid steer moved, the pry bar struck the employee on the face and neck. | |||||
2021-07-04 | Port Charlotte | Fl | Walmart Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was putting away overstock in a meat/deli cooler. The employee tripped over the leg of a cart and fell to the floor, suffering a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-06-09 | Port Charlotte | Fl | Walmart Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder while stocking shelves. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Charlotte | Nc | U. S. Dept. of Justice | BODY SYSTEMS | Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions |
An employee was participating in field training which consisted of various physical activities including running, lifting, and carrying objects. Just prior to the lunch break the employee felt dizzy, was checked out on-site by medics, and was given the OK to proceed. Later in the day, the employee began to feel chest pains and was hospitalized due to dehydration and a muscular injury. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Port Charlotte | Fl | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
A UPS delivery driver returned to the UPS facility after a day delivering packages. She became ill, suffering from heat-related dehydration. | |||||
2020-05-30 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Bob Evans Restaurant | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was making iced tea when she noticed a clog in the brewing basket. She was pulling the brew bucket out to unclog it when hot water scalded her left arm. | |||||
2020-05-28 | Charlotte | North Caroli | US Postal Service | Fingertip(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was delivering a package at a resident's home when a dog escaped out the door and attacked her. She received bites on the left leg (thigh near knee) and right leg (back of thigh), and her left thumb tip was bitten off. | |||||
2020-04-24 | Port Charlotte | Florida | All Phase Custom Mill Shop, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove a splintered piece of wood debris that was stuck at the feed inside a molder machine when a spinning profile cutter removed a deep chunk from his right index finger. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Charlotte | Texas | Select Energy Services | Multiple body parts | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was standing behind a winch truck. The truck rolled back and ran over the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a thigh injury, a head laceration, and bruising to the right-side ribs. | |||||
2020-01-30 | Charlotte | Texas | Dynamic Environmental | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Two employees were rigging down a cellar pump line while another contractor was rigging down a standpipe line. While both operations were close to each other, the crews were working separately. The injured employee had attempted to stabilize the standpipe with a come-along and forklift prior to rigging the line down, but when one of the hammer unions broke loose, the entire line shifted out of the support stand and fell on his right leg just above his ankle. He was hospitalized with a fractured | |||||
2020-01-16 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Waste Management | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
A driver was delivering a garbage container to a customer residence. An SUV struck the driver from behind, causing injuries that necessitated the amputation of the employee's leg. | |||||
2019-06-23 | Charlotte Amalie | Virgin Islan | CROWLEY CARIBBEAN SERVICES, INC | Forehead | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
On June 22, 2019, an employee was descending the ladder of a 20-foot container when a 20-pound metal top plug swung and struck his head. The top plug was connected via rigging wire to a cargo vessel's aft crane. He sustained a contusion with a 2-inch cut above his left eyebrow, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Port Charlotte | Florida | CenturyLink | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been pulling cable and was hospitalized for heat related illness. | |||||
2019-02-14 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Raymond Building Supply Corporation | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was removing an old garage door and installing a new one. A piece of the door struck him in the right eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-09 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Bayfront Health Port Charlotte | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped and fell over some wires while standing up at her desk, suffering a fracture. | |||||
2017-08-31 | Charlotte | North Caroli | U.S. Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Shooting by other person-intentional |
An employee was delivering mail when he was shot by an unknown assailant in the right neck/jaw area and left wrist. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Brookdale Senior Living Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was leaving the building from the back entrance to go on break for lunch. The walkways are covered, but it was raining heavily due to a tropical storm. The employee slid on water, falling on and breaking her leg and knee. | |||||
2017-07-01 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Suncoast Media Group | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was inserting newspapers into an inserter machine when her right hand entered the machine. The machine then broke her right arm. | |||||
2016-10-12 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Waste Management Inc. of Florida | Foot (feet) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
A temporary employee was riding on the passenger side of a yard waste truck. When the employee got out of the truck as it approached waste cans, the right front truck tire drove over his left foot. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-05-31 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Wetherington Restoration and Remodeling | Wrist(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving a glass mirror when it fell and he was cut by the glass. The cut severed an artery and two tendons in the wrist requiring surgery to repair. | |||||
2016-05-30 | Charlotte | North Caroli | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On May 30, 2016, at approximately 6:50 p.m., an employee was walking on the workroom floor in the automation area when her shoelace became caught on a float tire. She fell to the floor, hitting her right elbow and the joint between her right hip and thigh. She required hospitalization and surgery for a broken hip. | |||||
2016-04-06 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Circle K Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a three-step stool to stock cigarettes in overhead bins. While coming down the steps , the employee missed the last step, lost balance, fell, and struck the countertop, breaking four ribs. | |||||
2016-03-04 | Charlotte | North Caroli | Habitat for Humanity Int'l | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving furniture when a leg broke on a china cabinet. The cabinet hit her in the head, back, and leg, causing contusions. | |||||
2015-10-17 | Port Charlotte | Florida | South Port Square | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking, caught her shoe in the carpet and fell suffering a back injury. She was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-10-08 | Charlotte | North Caroli | U.S. Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee amputated his right pinky finger while troubleshooting the air handling units in the mechanical room. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Charlotte | North Caroli | American Red Cross | Leg(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee fell in the parking lot as she was attempting to go up a step and both legs went out. The employee injured both legs and sustained a right elbow abrasion. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-06-05 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Thompson's Air Conditioning of SWF, Inc | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee at a service call for a commercial building was in the attic when he fell through the ceiling and landed on the floor, suffering a fractured right pelvic bone and left wrist, a contusion on the right jaw, and a concussion. | |||||
2015-02-25 | Charlottesville | Virginia | Tidewater Caulking & Waterproofing LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
While riding a scissorlift, employee's face struck a doorway. Employee broke the jaw and was admitted for in-patient hospitalization at the University of Virginia Hospital. |