Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-10 | Estero | Fl | Koh Knox Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
On November 10, 2021, an employee was approaching a ladder to climb down from a two-story roof. The employee fell from the roof to the ground, suffering a broken femur and cheekbone. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-04 | Estero | Fl | Southwest Utility Systems, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee went to release a kink in a flexible hose of a dewatering system/pump when his fingers got caught between the hose, resulting in injuries to three fingers and a dislocated wrist on right hand. | |||||
2020-09-19 | Estero | Fl | Driftwood Garden Center of Ft. Myers | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee bent over to pick up an agave plant for a customer and the tip of the plant struck her right eye. | |||||
2020-06-01 | Estero | Florida | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was helping an associate lift a side stack off a garden cart when he tripped on the lip of the cart and hit his face on the floor or a beam. He suffered a broken nose and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-18 | Estero | Florida | Montiel Carpentry Corp | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by physical contact during horseplay |
While engaged in horseplay, an employee fell from trusses to the second floor. The employee suffered a torn liver and a broken jaw, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-10-09 | Estero | Florida | Pinnacle Landscapes, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became sick and dizzy while using a backpack leaf blower, requiring hospitalization for dehydration. | |||||
2017-04-14 | Estero | Florida | N.C.M. of Collier County, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
Two employees using a six foot rolling scaffold on top of nailed down plywood were pouring concrete from a pump truck. Once they finished the area, another employee on the ground pushed the scaffold to the new area. The wheel caught a nail, the scaffold tipped over, and both employees fell to the ground. One employee was hospitalized for muscle strain and contusions. | |||||
2016-02-25 | Estero | Florida | California Pizza Kitchen, Inc | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was lifting up a tea kettle and spilled hot water. The employee's chest, arms and stomach were burned. | |||||
2015-06-12 | Estero | Florida | Publix Super Market, Inc. | Head | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee got dehydrated and was injured when he fainted and hit his head. He was hospitalized and received stitches in his head. |