Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Oviedo | Fl | BAS Walls & Ceilings | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was descending a ladder after patching drywall holes when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left wrist. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Oviedo | Fl | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a 2-foot step ladder, retrieving a box from a freezer shelf. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering a broken shoulder. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-03 | Oviedo | Fl | H&E Equipment Services | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee had been watching contractors unload equipment. The employee slipped on gravel and struck their head on a truck's bumper. The employee was hospitalized and received stitches. | |||||
2020-09-11 | Oviedo | Fl | PERFORMANCE AIR MECHANICAL INC. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was climbing an outside mounted ladder to access the roof on a commercial property. The ladder detached from the building and the employee fell to the ground, suffering leg and foot injuries. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2019-09-20 | Oviedo | Florida | Bay Painting & Decorating, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee stepped off a ladder onto a roof and fell about 10 feet. He suffered forehead lacerations, a broken right forearm, a broken left shoulder, a broken rib, and a broken nose. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the forearm. | |||||
2017-05-24 | Oviedo | Florida | Serco, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was servicing a generator and had removed the last bolt from the armature housing when the housing came off and pinned his left arm between the housing and armature. He fractured his ulna and dislocated his radius. | |||||
2016-07-25 | Oviedo | Florida | Walter Nolasco | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee collapsed due to potential heat illness. | |||||
2016-07-06 | Oviedo | Florida | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was delivering packages when he started cramping and feeling ill due to heat exhaustion. | |||||
2016-04-12 | Oviedo | Florida | Hayman Safe Company, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a sander to clean steel when the sanding disc caught and flipped onto his arm, cutting his wrist requiring overnight hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-30 | Oviedo | Florida | Labor Finders | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee injured the back of his head when he passed out and struck it against the pavement. The employee passed out after pouring ice water over his head while taking a break from doing landscaping work. | |||||
2015-04-17 | Oviedo | Florida | Seminole Masonry, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee amputated part of his left thumb while using a masonry table saw to cut 4'x8' brick. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-02-03 | Oviedo | Florida | University carillon United Methodist Church | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
Two employees were painting from a scissor lift. The scissor lift tipped over and the two employees fell. The two employees were taken to the hospital for medical care. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Oviedo | Florida | AT & T | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
Employee hospitalized for ankle injury after slipping and falling off of a ladder. |