Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-23 | Kennedy | Ny | Jamestown Roofing, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
As an employee was climbing down a ladder from the second roof level to the first roof level. The base of the ladder slipped, causing the employee to fall to the first-level roof. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae in their back. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Kennedy | Ny | Growmark FS, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was installing a cylinder on the applicator boom of an agricultural sprayer when the cylinder slipped and struck the employee in the head and shoulder, leading to a contusion. | |||||
2019-08-09 | Kennedy Space Center | Florida | DELAWARE NORTH COMPANY | Forearm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pressure washing when the pressure washer nozzle came off and bounced back, striking the employee's forearm. The employee suffered a laceration to the right forearm and a possible impact injury to an artery. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Kennedy Space Center | Florida | AECOM | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee stepped backward from automatically swinging doors, lost balance, and fell to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to the left wrist and lower arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-01-18 | Kennedy Space Center | Florida | SPACEX | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While getting off a forklift, an employee slipped and fell 2 feet to the asphalt, breaking a hip. | |||||
2015-09-02 | Kennedy Space Center | Florida | SDB Engineers and Constructors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Stings and venomous bites |
While prepping a pipeline prior to painting, an employee was bitten on the left middle finger by a rattlesnake. He was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
2015-03-04 | Kennedy Space Center | Florida | Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
The employee was traveling through the shop area in the dark to turn on the lights when she tripped over a lawnmower and fractured her left ankle. |