Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-05-17	Saint Johns	Fl	Citory Solutions, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a 12-foot ladder working on a aluminum roof when he rotated and fell off the ladder, hitting a metal sign with his chest as he fell to the asphalt drive and concrete sidewalk/curb. He sustained fractured ribs and a bruised sternum.
2021-02-27	Saint Johnsbury	Vt	U.S. Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering mail when they slipped and fell on snow. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle.
2021-01-26	Saint Johns	Fl	Empire Tree Experts, LLC.	Leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
On January 26, 2021, two employees were trimming trees from an articulating boom lift, about 20 feet high. The lift drove over a septic hole, tilted, and fell; both employees jumped out. One of them suffered a broken right leg.
2020-09-23	Saint Johns	Fl	Coastal Utility Constructors of Jacksonville inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On September 23, 2020, at 4:00 PM, an employee was guiding a precast cement structure that was being lifted by an excavator. The load shifted and the lifting cable caught his fingers against the cement structure. The tip of his thumb was amputated.
2019-05-08	Saint Johnsville	New York	Pulver Roofing Co., Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee had been walking on the flat roof of a school when he fell approximately 20 feet through a hole to the ground below. He was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and fractured ribs.
2019-01-29	Saint Johns	Florida	Carroll Bradford Roofing, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating the metal machine to make metal roofing panels when a piece of metal got stuck in the machine. As he attempted to remove the metal piece, the employee's left index finger was amputated.
2018-08-16	Saint Johns	Florida	A.A. Pittman & Sons Concrete Company, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was wrecking a framework on a commercial construction building. As he was unclamping his harness, the anchor broke and he slipped and fell approximately 14 feet to the ground. He suffered a lacerated left eyelid, lacerated left knee, spinal fractures at the L1 and L2 vertebrae, and a hematoma of the bladder. He was hospitalized.
2018-08-08	Saint Johns	Florida	Burnham Construction, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was pulling grass from a grade stake when a coral snake bit his right forearm. He was hospitalized.
2017-06-22	Saint Johns	Florida	Republic Services of Florida, limited Partnership	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was collecting residential trash when he fell to the ground behind the truck, suffering a concussion and requiring hospitalization.
2017-06-08	Saint Johns	Florida	CARLISLE CONSTRUCTORS, INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On June 8, 2017, an employee was inspecting the nailing of roof plywood and the strapping of the rafters. While walking back to the access point, the employee slipped and fell 13 feet to the ground, fracturing his left tibia and suffering a compression fracture to his L2 vertebra. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2017-05-25	Saint Johns	Florida	Sunshine Framing Services, LLC	Knee(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was framing on the job site when his pneumatic nail gun shot a nail into his knee. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2016-09-27	Saint Johns	Florida	Voss, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
After climbing a ladder and stepping onto the roof, an employee fell approximately 10 feet from the roof to a concrete slab.