| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-02 | Fernandina Beach | Fl | Turner Specilty Services, LLC. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On March 2, 2021, an employee was washing down around a filter press operation near a horizontal conveyor belt. He slipped on sludge around the filter press. As he tried to catch himself from falling, his right hand landed in an opening on the moving conveyor belt. He suffered a contusion, abrasions, and cuts to his right arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Fernandina Beach | Fl | The L.E. Myers Co. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| On October 19, 2020, around 4:00 p.m. two line crew members were removing a fallen static transmission line when the line broke from the top of the tower and contacted the energized line on the opposite side of the tower causing an arc flash. The employees suffered burns to their hand and arms. | |||||
| 2020-09-05 | Fernandina Beach | Fl | Lignotech Florida, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| At around 2:00 AM, an employee was troubleshooting low suction on a housekeeping vacuum system. The employee was clearing a blockage when a rotary valve in the chute under the dust silo hopper closed and amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-07-02 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Harris Teeter, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| On July 2, 2020, an employee tripped and fell while sweeping a sales floor, suffering a hip fracture. | |||||
| 2020-04-16 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | North Atlantic Painting Company | Hand(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On April 16, 2020, an employee was on the roof of the first level of a 2-story split-level house caulking the dormers to be painted when he slipped and fell 12 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-28 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Parker Contracting, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On January 28, 2020, an employee was installing a soffit board on a two-story beach house from a walk board when he lost his balance and fell 10 feet to the ground. He suffered a broken left leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-07 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | R & T Trim Co., Inc. | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| On June 7, 2019, an employee was installing wood trim on the ceiling of a new house from a baker's scaffold. The scaffold came apart and the employee fell 7 feet to the ground. He sustained a broken left wrist and right elbow and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-21 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | IH Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| A janitor was entering a restroom, holding a mop with her left hand and the door with her right hand. The door slammed shut, catching her right middle finger between the door and the door jamb. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Fernandina | Florida | Milton J. Wood Company | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was holding a 10-inch diameter, 90-degree acid line pipe, while his coworker was using a 4-inch cutting wheel to cut the 90-degree portion of the pipe. After the final cut, a 6-inch pipe came out from the inside of the 10-inch pipe and fell on the employee's knee, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-08-04 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Colombia Construction Services Inc. | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on an A-frame ladder receiving floor trusses from a coworker when he slipped and fell off the ladder. He had nails in his pocket and they fell to the ground. The right side of his head landed on the nails and was punctured, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-21 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was unlocking a digester that had been shut down for maintenance. As he was conducting the unlocking procedure, an automatic valve was in the open position, allowing the digester acid to drain through the drain valves and thereby causing the release of sulfur dioxide. He suffered respiratory irritation from sulfur dioxide exposure and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-09-12 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Performance Food Group, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was moving products around for scanning when he slipped and fell off the back of the trailer fracturing the right shoulder. | |||||
| 2016-09-03 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Lighting Solutions & Services, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder rewiring an electrical ballast in the ceiling when he received an electrical shock and fell 15 feet, hitting his head on the surface below. | |||||
| 2016-07-13 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Yellowstone Landscape-Southeast, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was digging up the irrigation piping system because it was not working and was planning on troubleshooting the system. While he was digging, he felt dizzy, got cold chills, and then sat down and drank water to cool down. When he stood up, he began to vomit and required hospitalization for dehydration. The temperature and percent relative humidity at the time of the incident was 89 degrees and 59%, respectively. | |||||
| 2016-05-24 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Coastal Building Systems Weatherization Division, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a ladder to clean the fascia at a residential home when he fell to the surface below, suffering a broken right arm and a head injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-03-08 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC. | Face | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was operating a winch on a barge when the rigging came free and hit the protective cage, breaking the cage loose. The cage hit the employee, lacerating his forehead and causing multiple facial fractures. The was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-12-31 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | The Roof Depot Central Florida, LLC. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee had just finished installing the last of the drip edge flashing on the roof of a two-story 6:12 pitched new house. He unhooked his lanyard from the anchor point in order to go down the ladder. He slipped and fell 20 feet onto the sand resulting in a lower back injury and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2015-12-11 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Jerry Foster Drywall, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking on strap-on stilts spreading joint compound on newly installed bathroom drywall when he tripped on an exposed pipe on the floor and fell. He was hospitalized with a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Martex Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee became sick after mowing and edging the grass at the Omni Hotel and Resort in Fernandina Beach. The employee was hospitalized on July 29, 2015, for dehydration. | |||||