Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Sebastian | Tx | Willacy CO-OP | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was repairing polycarbonate roof panels on a cotton warehouse. The employee stepped on one of the polycarbonate roof panels and fell 21 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained two broken hips, a broken nose, and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-12 | Sebastian | Fl | Walmart Store #1068 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working on a sales floor. The employee tripped over a stock cart and fell to the floor, suffering a hip injury. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Sebastian | Fl | United Natural Foods, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading the truck onto the docking station. The employee was on a ladder attached to the truck when he slipped and fell backwards. His foot got caught in the ladder and the employee's ankle was broken. | |||||
2019-08-02 | Sebastian | Florida | VITTORIO'S III PIZZA INC | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
At 3:00 p.m. on August 2, 2019, an employee was trying to relight a pizza oven's pilot light when an explosion occurred and fire burned him. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-15 | Sebastian | Florida | Publix | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking on the sales floor, tripped over a rug, and fell fracturing a femur. | |||||
2018-09-12 | Sebastian | Florida | BANOV CONSTRUCTION LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
While building a platform to cover an elevator shaft, an employee slipped and fell 8 feet to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Sebastian | Florida | SEBASTIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee's foot was caught in computer cords as she got up from her desk. She fell, striking the left side her body and fracturing her hip. | |||||
2017-04-11 | Sebastian | Florida | Leeward Roofing, LLC | Upper extremities | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell while climbing down a 16 foot aluminum extension ladder resulting in a broken left wrist/arm and bruised ribs on the right side. |