Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-06-25 | Westchase | Florida | Jack Joyner Enterprises, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While working on a metal roof, an employee suffered shortness of breath, lightheadedness, and chest pressure. He was hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration. | |||||
2018-02-09 | Chase | Kansas | Cal-Maine Foods Inc | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing down a cage frame after repairing a feed line motor when he lost his footing and fell to the floor, landing on his head and back. He suffered a skull fracture and vertebra fracture. | |||||
2018-01-11 | Purchase | New York | MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
Employee one was electrically testing a 250-amp fuse to verify de-energization with test leads, while a second employee was holding a multi-meter. Employee one tested the probes above the fuse switch on the switch assembly, which was still energized at the time, and an arc blast occurred. Both employees received electric shocks. One employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-05-12 | Purchase | New York | Century Country Club, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A temporary employee was walking down a hill and mowing the lawn when he slipped and fell with the mower. He stopped but the mower kept going and ran over his right foot, amputating his middle toe and cutting the two adjacent toes. | |||||
2017-02-01 | Chaseburg | Wisconsin | Cropp Cooperative | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
As an employee was walking from her truck to the building, she slipped on ice and struck her head on the ground resulting in a head injury requiring hospitalization. |