Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-09 | Pensacola | Fl | Gat Airline Ground Support | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was helping marshal a UPS truck back into a trolley. His thumb was pinned and crushed between the trolley and the truck, and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-26 | Pensacola | Fl | J&M Dozer Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a dozer while clearing a residential lot when he was thrown out of the dozer and ran over by the dozer, resulting in a broken wrist, broken hip, broken ribs, contusion of the liver, and collapsed lung. | |||||
2021-10-22 | Pensacola | Fl | Bayside Structures Concrete Construction Specialties | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting with lowering a concrete machine onto a truck using a crane when their left index finger got caught between the concrete machine and the truck, resulting in an amputation just below the nail. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Pensacola | Fl | CW Roberts Contracting | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee installed a liquid asphalt hose and was filling a truck at the terminal plant. The hose detached, resulting in hot liquid asphalt spraying onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face, neck, and hands. | |||||
2021-09-18 | Pensacola | Fl | World Ford Pensacola | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was mounting a tire on a tire machine when his left hand was crushed by a mechanism on the tire machine. | |||||
2021-09-14 | Pensacola Beach | Fl | Piera Plus | Skull | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a 8-foot folding ladder, installing bolts on a pavilion. He fell 5 feet to the ground and suffered a fractured skull. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Pensacola | Fl | U.S. Dept of the Navy (Navy Exchange Service Command) | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A work assist vehicle struck an employee and broke her right femur. | |||||
2021-07-27 | Pensacola | Fl | Lakeview Center, Inc. | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell to the floor in a mall, suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Pensacola | Fl | Bell Steel Company Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A temporary employee was moving a 2' x 20' steel beam weighting between 2500 & 3000 lbs. using an overhead crane. The employee sat the steel beam on stands with chains and lifted one end of the beam with the crane when a chain caught and pulled the beam off the stands. One end of the beam landed on the employee's left foot and ankle causing crushing injuries including broken bones that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-03-31 | Pensacola | Fl | Center for Information Warfare Training | Forehead | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell forward, sustaining a laceration to the forehead that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Pensacola | Fl | Victory Packaging A WestRock Company | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On March 15, 2021, an employee was using a manual pallet jack to unload a trailer. As he was maneuvering the load toward the end of the trailer, it began to fall. The employee fell to the asphalt ground, suffering a broken left elbow and hip. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Pensacola | Fl | Nash Plumbing and Mechanical LLC | Hip(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was inside a mechanical room undergoing renovation. He went to open the exterior loading doors to provide light. When he pushed the doors open, his momentum carried him through the opening and he fell approximately 6.5 feet to the asphalt below. The employee sustained a fractured right hip. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Pensacola | Fl | Ohler Construction, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from a 10ft. A-frame ladder applying drywall tape and fell from the ladder to the floor. The employee suffered head trauma. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Pensacola | Fl | CW Roberts Contracting | Brain | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
On September 22, 2020, an employee was assisting an excavator operator. As the employee approached the excavator to unstrap a pull barn pole, the employee was struck by the pole and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a head injury. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Pensacola | Fl | Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On August 12, 2020, a mechanic was lubricating the boom cable of a crawler crane and caught his right hand between the cable and the sheave resulting in the amputation of his right middle, index and pinky fingers. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-26 | Pensacola | Florida | Myriad Electrical Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
On June 26, 2020, at 7:00 PM, an employee was guiding a light pole being lifted by a forklift down onto a platform. The pole then swung into the employee's hand, pinning it between the pole and the forklift. His left hand was crushed and he suffered finger amputations. | |||||
2020-06-22 | Pensacola | Florida | Key Marine Center of Northwest Florida | Multiple body parts | Explosion or fire on water vehicle |
On June 22, 2020, at 10:50 AM, an employee was installing a fuel sender in a 31-foot boat's fuel tank. As he connected the fuel sender wires, a spark was created and ignited the fuel vapors. The vapors exploded and then caught on fire, burning the employee. He jumped down from the boat and other employees ran over to put out the fire. He was hospitalized with third degree burns on his hands and a concussion. | |||||
2020-06-16 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Country Club | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
At 9:35 AM on June 16, 2020, an employee was cutting potatoes to make French fries when the potato cutter amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Pensacola | Florida | U.S. Census Bureau | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
On May 22, 2020, an employee fell into a drainage ditch while walking to his car. He was hospitalized with broken ribs, a punctured lung, and bruises. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Pensacola | Florida | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
At 7:15 AM, an employee was operating a refiner and was on the operation control end with his hand on the quick-release lever. The lever was in the up position when the quick release became disengaged and the lever came down on the employee's hand with force. The lever amputated his left thumb just above the second knuckle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-23 | Pensacola | Florida | Cheyenne Steel, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An iron worker was walking towards a forklift that was moving a steel beam (about 200 pounds) to the other side of the site. His feet were run over by the left front tire of the forklift. He was hospitalized with a fractured leg and ankle. | |||||
2020-03-07 | Pensacola | Florida | Dillard's, Inc. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On March 7, 2020, an employee went to talk to a co-worker in a back office which is near a stock room/merchandise processing area. In that area, cardboard boxes are broken down and flattened so they can be removed from the area. Afterwards, she walked to the merchandise processing area, slipped on a cardboard box, and fell to the floor. She was hospitalized with a sprained knee and fractures to her left femur and hip. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Pensacola | Florida | Dolgencorp, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Shooting by other person-intentional |
On January 22, 2020, a store cashier was helping customers when two masked men came into the store. One of them shot her in the upper right shoulder. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-20 | Pensacola | Florida | COUNCIL ON AGING OF WEST FLORIDA, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing in a community center when someone at her side tripped on the wheel of a rolling walker and fell against her left knee area. She suffered a broken shinbone and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-18 | Pensacola | Florida | Signet Maritime, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On September 19, 2019, an employee was about to remove a 1.5 gate bilge valve inside a ship vessel's engine room (offshore towing vessel) when he collapsed and then regained consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and heat stress. | |||||
2019-09-07 | Pensacola | Florida | Armstrong World Industries, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
A technician was in training, performing a check on the wheel abrator. He opened the door on the enclosed equipment to visually inspect and noticed debris at the bottom of the machine. He went to clean out the debris and his left middle and ring fingers made contact with the rotary blades resulting in amputation of the fingers and hospitalization. | |||||
2019-09-03 | Pensacola | Florida | Vannoy's Tires | Pelvis | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee pulled a van forward, then got out of the van to check the air pressure. As he was getting the tire gauge, the van started rolling backwards and he was pinned between the van and a pickup truck. The employee was hospitalized with a broken pelvis. | |||||
2019-07-25 | Pensacola | Florida | Comfort Systems USA South East, Inc. | Pelvic region | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
On July 25, an employee was installing a metal spiral duct at a newly built grocery store. He was walking backwards while moving the spiral duct to a different location when he lost his footing and fell on a piece of metal conduit. He suffered a pelvic injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-22 | Pensacola | Florida | Sai Ram of Pensacola, Inc. dba Best Western Plus Blue Angel Inn | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
A housekeeper was cleaning a room. Her left hand was holding onto the door frame. When she reached with her right hand to get something off her cart, the door closed on her left hand. She was hospitalized with an injury to the index fingernail. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Pensacola | Florida | U.S. Dept of the Navy - Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Command | Multiple head locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On July 9, 2019, an employee was being trained to calibrate an oxygen test bench. He was lying on the floor under the bench during a simulated repair when a 40-pound counterweight's cable broke loose. The counterweight fell from 3 to 4 feet above the floor onto his head. He suffered a broken eye socket and possible skull fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-30 | Pensacola | Florida | Walmart Stores, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
A maintenance employee was working at the service desk when a customer's child ran into him, causing him to fall. He suffered a broken femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Pensacola | Florida | Jupiter Composites, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee was attempting to remove a piece of plastic foam from a foam-cutting machine when the cutter snatched her glove and pulled her left hand into the moving cutter blade, resulting in the amputation of her left middle finger from the first knuckle and a broken ring finger. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Pensacola | Florida | Walmart Supercenter | Ankle(s) | Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee was stocking in a frozen food department when she was thrown off balance by an L-cart of freight and the tape around it. She stumbled and twisted her right ankle. The ankle was dislocated and fractured, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-03-16 | Pensacola | Florida | LAKEVIEW CENTER, INC. | Eye(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was helping to asses a patient to be admitted into the acute stabilization unit when the patient poked him in the eye. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2019-02-27 | Pensacola | Florida | Lakeview Center, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell on a floor, breaking her right hip. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-26 | Pensacola | Florida | Baroco Electric Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
An electrician was moving a food warmer table with the help of his co-worker. The table slipped out of his grip and the metal lip at the edge of the table lacerated his left index finger. The employee was wearing heavy, vinyl gloves at the time. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Pensacola | Florida | Caregivers, Inc. dba TLC Caregivers | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level |
An employee was assisting a client in their home when she lost her footing and fell, fracturing two discs in her back. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-12 | Pensacola | Florida | Waterfield Florida Staffing, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was removing yard debris from a residential customer's home. He stepped up onto his truck to remove a pitchfork, lost his balance, and fell to the ground, fracturing his right leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Pensacola | Florida | Diocese of Pensacola | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking around inside the building making sure that all doors were locked. As she walking towards the entry to the kitchen, she tripped and fell to the floor at the transition between the rubber tile and the ceramic tile, suffering a left shoulder dislocation, fracture to the left arm, and contusion to the left eye. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-05 | Pensacola | Florida | Baymont Inn and Suites | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 5, 2018, at 4:15 p.m., an employee was repairing the air conditioning unit in a guest room when the blower fan activated and lacerated his left hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-06-29 | Pensacola | Florida | U.S. Postal Service | Arm(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee exited her vehicle to make a delivery, tripped over the curb and fell to the ground resulting in a broken arm. She was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2018-06-22 | Pensacola | Florida | U.S. Dept of the Navy (Navy Exchange Service Command) | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was dropping trash off at the edge of a loading dock. She fell, landing on the ground about 4 feet below and striking her head on the wall of the dock. She suffered hemorrhaging and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-05-03 | Pensacola | Florida | The Hiller Companies, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was removing a pipe when he lost his balance and twisted his back, causing inflammation to an existing back injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-06 | Pensacola | Florida | Council on Aging of West Florida | Lumbar region | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was lifting a cooler that he thought was empty (but was packed with utensils) when he lost his balance and fell, injuring his lower back. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2018-03-22 | Pensacola | Florida | USPS | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee left her car to deliver a parcel and was walking through a parking lot when she tripped on a parking bumper and fell to the same level, fracturing her left arm. | |||||
2018-03-16 | Pensacola | Florida | Kitkar Holdings, LLC. | Upper arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was standing by a frame machine (pulls automotive body and frames) while his co-worker was operating it when the machine's hydraulic tower (8-foot, L-shaped machine part) came off and hit the employee's right upper arm, breaking it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-02-19 | Pensacola | Florida | Bureau of Prisons - Dept of Justice | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Employees were transporting hot water in a large plastic garbage bin from a kettle to a sink to wash dishes, because the water heater was not working, when the bin tipped over. The hot water splashed the injured employee on the back of the legs, calves, and feet, causing second degree burns. | |||||
2017-10-04 | Pensacola | Florida | Thomas Industries, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was walking across the roof of a shopping center to locate a leak when the roof and deck gave way. He fell about 15 feet to the ground on top of merchandise, breaking ribs and his C5 vertebra. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-10-03 | Pensacola | Florida | Circle K Stores Inc. | Jaw, chin | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was sweeping the parking lot by the gas pumps when a customer punched him in the face multiple times. He was hospitalized with a broken jaw. | |||||
2017-10-02 | Pensacola | Florida | International Fire Protection, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was working from a walk board (placed on top of rafters), installing hangers for a sprinkler system inside a cooling tower. He was wearing a harness with a retractable lanyard at the time. As he was turning around to talk to his coworker, the walk board shifted and he fell about 6 to 8 feet, ultimately hanging by his harness about 40 feet above the base of the cooling tower. He was hospitalized with a laceration, soft tissue damage, and a blood clot to his left arm. | |||||
2017-09-30 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Christian College, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was scraping wallpaper off the wall in an apartment while standing on a kitchen countertop. As he was descending from the countertop onto a step ladder, he lost his balance and fell about 3 feet to the floor, breaking his right hip, spraining his right wrist, and straining his right shoulder. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-06 | Pensacola | Florida | Robertson Curtis, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was painting the walls and ceiling in a school room. While descending a 12-foot A-frame ladder, he felt dizzy, missed a step, and fell 8 or 9 feet to the floor, bruising his head, scraping his right arm, and fracturing his right hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-26 | Pensacola | Florida | Hensel Phelps Construction Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
An employee and coworkers were pouring a concrete floor when the floor collapsed about 18 feet. The employee suffered back and rib injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-21 | Pensacola Beach | Florida | Marco Destin, Inc. | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was moving boxes on the second floor when he fell 10 to 12 feet through the wood floor to the first floor. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury. | |||||
2017-07-10 | Pensacola | Florida | Skanska USA Civil Souteast, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On July 10, 2017, at about 1:30 p.m., an employee was working on the deck of a barge when he felt hot and started to cramp. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration. | |||||
2017-07-06 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Country Club | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On July 6, 2017, an employee was cutting grass using a lawn mower when he slipped and fell onto the ground. His left foot was caught under the blade of the lawn mower, amputating two toes. | |||||
2017-06-25 | Pensacola | Florida | The Krystal Company | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to the lobby from the kitchen when he slipped and fell, fracturing his pelvis. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-19 | Pensacola | Florida | Guy Brother's Roofing, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a roof suffering a head injury, multiple left-side face fractures and pain in his left shoulder. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-16 | Pensacola | Florida | E.P.I Cabinets, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was pushing a piece of wood through the blade of a table saw without the use of a push stick thereby resulting in the amputation of the tip of his left thumb without bone loss. | |||||
2017-06-15 | Pensacola | Florida | Jordon Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was tearing up drywall from a scissor lift when he tried to move the scissor lift closer to the wall. His left hand was on the scissor lift's guardrail when his left pinky was caught between the scissor lift's guardrail and the guardrail housing, amputating his pinky's first joint. | |||||
2017-06-05 | Pensacola | Florida | Oren International, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee was operating a machine that converts large rolls of paper into narrow rolls of paper when his hand was caught in a pinch point between the shaft and the upright, amputating his left middle fingertip without bone loss. | |||||
2017-05-24 | Pensacola | Florida | Hancock Bank | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee had her hands on a metal drive-thru teller drawer at the same time that a nearby transformer blew, resulting in her hands being electrically shocked. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Pensacola | Florida | Mansfield Industrial, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee took a break from abrasive blasting and laid the abrasive blast nozzle on the ground. When he returned to the work area, he stepped on the blast control nozzle and suffered abrasions to the left thigh from the abrasive blast media. | |||||
2017-02-17 | Pensacola | Florida | Arcadia Health and Rehabilitation Center | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee's hand was on the inside of a doorframe while a coworker was holding the door. The coworker closed the door, which amputated the employee's right ring fingertip. | |||||
2017-01-09 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Stevedore Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was driving a forklift when the tie strap behind his seat began falling off. As he grabbed the strap, the end of it became caught in the tire, causing the strap to cinch and lacerate his right pinky, ring, and middle fingers. | |||||
2017-01-04 | Pensacola | Florida | Nexcom Navy Exchange Service Command | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was arranging jewelry in an opened drawer when she bumped into it. She lost her balance and fell on the ground, breaking bones and injuring her leg. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2016-10-06 | Pensacola | Florida | Southern Oaks Care Center | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee collapsed and hit her head on the floor, suffering a laceration and a hemorrhage. | |||||
2016-09-27 | Pensacola | Florida | Waste Management of Florida, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing a ladder on a roll-off box that was loaded on the back of a truck. The employee missed a step and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground, fracturing the left elbow. | |||||
2016-08-23 | Pensacola | Florida | Ever'man Natural Foods CO-OP, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning a meat grinder's auger when the auger fell onto his hand, partially amputating his left pinky finger. | |||||
2016-08-04 | Pensacola | Florida | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee had just cleared a jam in a conveyor when he turned left to walk away from the conveyor while his right hand was still resting on the guard. His right hand slipped and made contact with the conveyor, and his right pinky and ring fingers became caught between the roller and the fixed roll. His right ring fingertip was amputated, and his right pinky finger was fractured. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Pensacola | Florida | Bellview Site Contractors, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was kneeling down on the ground shooting grade at an active construction jobsite when he was struck by a backing bulldozer, fracturing his ankle. | |||||
2016-06-07 | Pensacola | Florida | U.S. Dept of the Navy | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was conducting preventive maintenance on a conveyor motor when his left hand was caught between the gear box and gear box housing, amputating his left pinky fingertip and lacerating his left index finger. He was hospitalized. The motor was still running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-05-24 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Stevedore Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was checking the fluids on a forklift when he lost his footing. His right arm was impaled by the forklift's muffler guard, tearing an artery, tendons, and muscles. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-05-17 | Pensacola | Florida | GE Generators Pensacola, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
As an employee closed the bathroom door, his left hand was on the door's hinge. His middle fingertip was caught and amputated (no bone loss) between the hinge and the jam. | |||||
2016-05-14 | Pensacola | Florida | RAFS of Pensacola, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
The employee was dicing red peppers when he cut his left thumb resulting in the amputation without bone loss of the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Pensacola | Florida | West Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On or about May 10, 2016, at approximately 2:15 p.m., an employee was walking by the fax machine when she stumbled and fell, fracturing her left hip. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-04-20 | Pensacola | Florida | U.S. Dept. of the Navy | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cutting a 3/4-inch plywood using a table saw when the riving knife broke, struck the saw blade, and was thrown forward, striking and lacerating the employee's right bicep. The employee was hospitalized and required wrist surgery. | |||||
2016-04-12 | Pensacola | Florida | Panhandle Concrete Cutting, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was operating a hand saw while cutting concrete blocks when the blade pinched up and kicked back. The employee lost control of his upper hand, and the machine spun around and came down on his left bicep, lacerating the muscle. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2016-04-07 | Pensacola | Florida | Jupiter Composites, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was installing a new auger bag for the CNC machine when his right index finger was partially amputated by the auger blade. The safety tube covering the blades was not in place properly at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-01-13 | Pensacola | Florida | PCC Print Shop, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding paper through a web press roller when his left ring finger got caught between the rollers, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2015-12-24 | Pensacola | Florida | Federal Express Corporation | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
On December 24, 2015, an employee was delivering a package at a residence. When the homeowner opened the door, a dog bolted out and bit the employee's left hand. The employee was later admitted for treatment of an infection. | |||||
2015-12-03 | Pensacola | Florida | Hensel Phelps Construction Group | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
An employee was carrying an 8-feet-long, 7-feet-wide, reinforced wire mesh on the flat roof of a new building. As he was approaching the area where the wire mesh was to be installed, the wire mesh snagged with the handle of the power pack, causing him to trip. He fell on a 2" by 6" foam board, fracturing his lower left leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-11-19 | Pensacola | Florida | Cleveland Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing fire taping on a drywall from a 16 ft. extension ladder. He fell 9 feet to the ground resulting in contusions to his left ankle, lower back, upper back, shoulder and neck. | |||||
2015-11-19 | Pensacola | Florida | Midsouth Paving, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning wet materials from a dust auger and his left hand got caught inside the auger while in operation resulting in the amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2015-11-17 | Pensacola | Florida | Tucker Door & Trim, LLC | Knee(s) | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
A driver was positioning himself to lift a fiberglass door and dislocated his knee. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-06-17 | Pensacola | Florida | National Museum of Naval Aviation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving film to storage on a platter (metal plate) when it started to fall. The employee tried to catch the plate and crushed her left index fingertip. Three days later it had to be partially amputated. | |||||
2015-05-28 | Pensacola | Florida | Jordan Pile Driving, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to lower a template that was being suspended by a crane when his right thumb got caught between the template and one of its folding parts. He was taken to the hospital for surgery to repair a broken thumb. | |||||
2015-05-17 | Pensacola | Florida | First Transit, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was washing and servicing a bus. When he started to exit the bus, he turned his right ankle and fell to the ground, fracturing his right ankle and left lower leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-13 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Fix It Man, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on an 18-foot extension ladder. While looking to see if the concrete was poured over the rebar, he fell 8 feet to the ground with the ladder, breaking both of his forearms. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-04 | Pensacola | Florida | Guntner Custom Pools L.L.C. | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
While an employee was grinding metal materials with a side grinder, the wheel of the grinder kicked back and lacerated his left arm. | |||||
2015-04-03 | Pensacola | Florida | Bellview Baptist Church of Pensacola, Florida, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was decorating the church sanctuary for Easter. He was going up the steps to the platform when he tripped and fell backwards, breaking his hip. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Pensacola | Florida | Virginia Wrecking Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was on a scissor lift cutting a metal water pipe (15-feet long) with a torch. When the pipe was completely cut, it hit the scissor lift and caused the lift to fall 15 feet to the ground. The employee broke his arm and pelvis and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-02-16 | Pensacola | Florida | Bay Tool and Machine | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On or about February 16, 2015, at the repair shop, an employee was pulling a wrench from a boat and slipped and fell backwards onto the floor, fracturing his hip. The injured employee was taken to the hospital and admitted overnight for treatment. | |||||
2015-02-15 | Pensacola | Florida | Paul Corporation | Lumbar region | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
Employee was cleaning the wash tank when the hose disconnected from the pump and sprayed Minncare (a disinfectant) on his lower back. This caused a chemical burn to his lower back. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Pensacola | Florida | Envoy Air Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
Employee was loading the cargo hold and started to close the cargo door. The door snapped back and caught his finger, amputating his right index finger at the first digit. |