Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-23 | Davenport | Fl | IRBY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Pelvic region | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was stepping down from a tensioner machine when barricade material punctured his pelvic area. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-02 | Davenport | Fl | De Los Santos Drywall LLC | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
Two employees were hanging an elevator shaft while standing on plywood boards. One board shifted, causing the two employees to fall 31 feet from the third floor to the ground floor. One employee was hospitalized for a lower back fracture and the second employee was hospitalized for a brain bleed. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Davenport | Fl | CAE-USA-Tampa, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was driving an aerial lift onto a trailer while at an auction yard when the trailer moved, catapulting him from the aerial lift and onto the trailer. The employee suffered a broken right femur, a broken hip, and head trauma. | |||||
2020-07-19 | Davenport | Florida | Earth Trades Inc. | Face | Struck by discharged object or substance |
A test plug blew off and struck an employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-28 | Davenport | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Hand(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost her balance and fell backward while walking in the deli. She landed on her hands, breaking both. | |||||
2020-04-09 | Davenport | Florida | Maschmeyer Concrete Company | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was stepping from the ground to the second step when their body twisted and their knee gave out. The employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with meniscus tears in both knees and a fracture above the right knee. | |||||
2020-04-08 | Davenport | Florida | ROBERT BINNS ROOFING, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was setting up anchor points on a roof when he slipped and fell 14 feet off the roof. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Davenport | Florida | 3 D Solar LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
While descending a ladder from a roof, an employee fell 8 feet from the second story, rolled down the roof and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken wrist and a concussion. | |||||
2019-04-12 | Davenport | Florida | PRECISION FIRE SYSTEMS INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee was on a third floor balcony of an apartment building that was being built. He fell over a guardrail to the ground below, suffering broken vertebrae and a thumb injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-01 | Davenport | Iowa | J. F. Brennan Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
While trying to remove a bolt from a concrete form, an employee suffered a pinched left ring finger. The fingertip was amputated, including bone. | |||||
2018-09-04 | Davenport | Florida | Ruken Enterprises, Llc | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was installing trusses when the truss he was tied to faulted and he fell 12 feet to the ground, suffering lacerations to the head and shoulder. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Davenport | Nebraska | D & K Agri Sales Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A crane operator was lifting a vertical pipe inside a steel tower structure so the pipe could be cut to size when the pipe started spinning. An employee went to check on the pipe when it came loose and fell approximately 6 feet, crushing the employee against the tower structure. The employee suffered injuries that resulted in a medical amputation of the left hand and left leg. | |||||
2018-06-16 | Davenport | Florida | LFI FORT PIERCE, INC. | Forearm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A temporary employee was entering a trench that was 4 feet by 8 feet and 4 feet deep to help install a propane gas tank. While entering the trench, which had wood and aluminum siding installed, the employee slipped and fell. The siding then lacerated his left forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-05-27 | Davenport | Florida | Jeffrey Knights Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Bites and stings |
An employee was bitten by an insect while working on a cable TV connection box. The bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-11 | Davenport | Florida | Oldcastle Lawn & Garden, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee jumped onto a palletizer machine and became caught between the machinery, breaking the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-05-23 | Davenport | Florida | Towne Park | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was sitting in a golf cart, lost her balance and fell out fracturing her right wrist. | |||||
2016-10-12 | Davenport | Florida | Professional Sunshine Roofing, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was installing wood backers for a roof and he tripped over the backer. His left arm hit a sharp valley in the metal causing a laceration when he fell. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-06-27 | Davenport | Florida | Cemex, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to align a part on the block machine when his right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-04-19 | Davenport | Florida | Jolamar Corporation | Hand(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 04/19/2016, at about 5:00 p.m., an employee was installing new lights on wires when a coworker turned on the breaker. The employee received an electric shock and fell 4 feet off the ladder. He was hospitalized overnight with second-degree electrical burns to one of his hands. | |||||
2016-03-01 | Davenport | Florida | HEART OF FLORIDA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee had an allergic reaction to air freshener in a patient's room. | |||||
2015-11-05 | Davenport | Florida | Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers | Multiple body parts | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
The employee jump started a tandem axle truck. After getting it started, he went back to put the battery covers on the batteries and the truck rolled forward. The first set of tandem rear wheels ran over the employee fracturing ribs and the right foot. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair the injuries. | |||||
2015-05-14 | Davenport | Florida | Charter Schools USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Bites and stings |
On 5-14-2015, at 8:00 AM, an employee picked up a snake inside of a building and was bitten on the right thumb. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-03-13 | Davenport | New York | Grrene Lumber Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was piling lumber on a cart when it dropped on his finger, resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle finger. |