Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-16 | Tampa | Fl | AutoPlus | Knee(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving parts with a pallet jack. The pallet jack displaced a stack of plastic totes in front of the material being moved. The employee attempted to stop the stack of totes from falling and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a torn muscle in his left knee that required surgery. | |||||
2021-11-12 | Tampa | Fl | ATI RESTORATION LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing mirrors from a wall. The mirror broke diagonally and swung out, and the employee sustained neck lacerations. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Tampa | Fl | PGH Engineering | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was checking pinholes between an index plate and a pin holder on a lathe. The index plate rotated and cut off the tip of the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
2021-10-08 | Tampa | Fl | UMI Stone | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a granite slab with a gantry crane. When the slab was put on the ground, the crane's clamp hit another piece of granite and released the slab, which struck the employee. The employee suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Tampa | Fl | Stage Door II, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was installing a safety device for a hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder moved and caught his fingers/hand resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Tampa | Fl | Edmonson Electric Inc | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down steps carrying a ladder and a tool bag. The employee fell and suffered a broken right ankle that required surgery. | |||||
2021-09-18 | Tampa | Fl | Florida Kenworth, LLC | Ankle(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
An employee stepped off a parking lot sidewalk curb and twisted her ankle, breaking it. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Tampa | Fl | Brown Automatic Sprinklers Inc | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on an extension ladder while tightening a sprinkler head. He fell about 6 to 10 feet from the ladder to the ground and both feet were broken. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Tampa | Fl | Sodexo LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell down stairs, from the second floor to a landing between the first and second floors, in a parking garage. The employee suffered a dislocated and fractured right ankle. | |||||
2021-08-18 | Tampa | Fl | Starlink Construction Utilities, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was mixing bentonite with a mixing machine. A small engine caught fire, and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-17 | Tampa | Fl | RESOURCE PARTNERING GROUP, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became dizzy and nauseated while doing underground work. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related illness. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Tampa | Fl | Tampa General Hospital | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking in the break room when they slipped on water that had been spilled on the floor, resulting in a fractured right patella. | |||||
2021-07-31 | Tampa | Fl | Quantem Aviation Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was on the tarmac on a deck loader when they began to feel faint, dizzy, and incoherent, resulting in hospitalization for a heat-related illness. | |||||
2021-07-23 | Tampa | Fl | Sunrise Community of Hillsborough | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was tending residents as they ate breakfast. One of the residents grabbed the employee's hand and bit off the top part of her thumb. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-15 | Tampa | Fl | Nestlé Waters North America | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on water on the floor and hit her back, resulting in a back injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Tampa | Fl | Black Wolf Group, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been moving furniture and passed out in the company parking lot from dehydration and heat-related illness. | |||||
2021-07-02 | Tampa | Fl | Brenntag Mid-South, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working on a pallet machine to fix the chain when the chain released and partially amputated the employee's right middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Tampa | Fl | LGSTX CARGO SERVICES, INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
A mechanic was fixing a company van which would not start from the switch inside the vehicle. The mechanic put the van in park and then attempted to start the van from underneath. The vehicle switched into reverse and rolled over the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a lacerated spleen and kidney. | |||||
2021-06-22 | Tampa | Fl | Discovery Village At Tampa Palms | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was disassembling a pool umbrella when its base fell and broke the employee's left leg. | |||||
2021-06-14 | Tampa | Fl | Olympia Tile (USA), Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a forklift, preparing to get a pallet of tile down from storage racks. He fell to the ground and suffered a broken shoulder that required surgery, as well as head trauma. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Tampa | Fl | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was separating two large mail containers. When the containers became loose, she lost her balance and fell to the floor. She suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Tampa | Fl | Republic Services of Florida | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A welding technician was installing hydraulic packing cylinders for an Automate Side Loader (ASL). The cylinder was on a stand. When the employee attempted to move the cylinder it slipped and fell on the employee's finger pinning the employee's hand against the front part of the truck body. When the employee tried to remove their hand from under the cylinder, their right ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Tampa | Fl | EnviroWaste Services Group | Multiple face locations | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was cleaning lines when water pressure caused a hose to burst. He was struck on the face, suffering a cheek fracture and cuts from his broken safety glasses, as well as a retinal detachment and bruises to a cornea. | |||||
2021-05-14 | Tampa | Fl | Certified Slings, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Contact with hot objects or substances |
The injured employee was training another employee and they were heating and pouring zinc into wire rope sockets (spelter sockets). The injured worker stepped backward, lost his footing, and fell into the hot kettle, knocking it over. The employee sustained a third degree burn on his back that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-05-14 | Tampa | Fl | DDS Lab | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying plastic boxes and tripped over a purse that was on the floor. She sustained an injury to femur and hip that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2021-05-07 | Tampa | Fl | MarJam Supply Company, Inc. | Lumbar region | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
The injured employee was pulling a sheet rock cart loaded with 8 cement boards while another employee was pushing it. A tire went off the sidewalk and the cart was about to tip over. The injured employee slipped in "sand" trying to move out of the way and the cement boards fell on top of the employee. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and a lower back injury. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Tampa | Fl | Gulf-to-Bay Anesthesiology Associates, LLC | Multiple body parts | Overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee attempted to prevent a patient from rolling off the operating table when they received injuries to their neck and right arm that resulted in weakness and numbness. | |||||
2021-04-28 | Tampa | Fl | B.L. Smith Electric Inc | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a grinder to cut an aluminum conduit. The blade of the grinder broke off in the conduit, causing the grinder to jump up and cut the employee's left wrist and forearm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-19 | Tampa | Fl | Randall Construction Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was exiting a scaffold system into the general construction area when a co-worker who was operating a rough terrain forklift in reverse ran over the employee's foot, resulting in a broken toe, a dislocated toe, and cuts and bruises. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Tampa | Fl | Kimball Electronics | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a puddle of water on a cafeteria floor, fell to the floor, and broke her kneecap. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Tampa | Fl | Tampa Bay Steel Corporation | Hand(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
An employee was pulling stainless expanded metal from a rack. The metal lacerated the employee's right hand, cutting through an artery and a tendon. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2021-04-09 | Tampa | Fl | Ameriscape USA, Inc | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a stand-on mower next to a chain link fence and struck a fence post. The employee was thrown onto the mower's right control handle, resulting in an abdominal injury. | |||||
2021-04-01 | Tampa | Fl | WALMART STORE #2627 | Brain | Fall on same level |
An employee was delivering an order to a customer's car when he fell and hit his head on the concrete. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Tampa | Fl | Gulf Marine Repair Corporation | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee welded an I-beam into place. The employee then turned to the left and struck his left eye against the I-beam, sustaining an eye injury. | |||||
2021-03-11 | Tampa | Fl | Tampa Bay Steel Corporation | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
At 12:30 p.m. on March 11, 2021, an employee fell off a burning table while removing scrap from it. He landed on his arm on the concrete floor, suffering a fracture to the elbow/arm that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Tampa | Fl | CENTENE CORPORATION | Leg(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
At about 12:00 p.m. on March 10, 2021, an employee tripped while stepping off the curb outside her office. She fell to the ground, suffering a broken leg. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Tampa | Fl | JTS Enterprises, Inc. | Jaw, chin | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee had been bagging food and was assaulted by a co-workers' father. The employee was hospitalized with multiple jaw fractures. | |||||
2021-02-23 | Tampa | Fl | Universal Forming, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was removing formwork from a ceiling. An aluminum beam he was pulling down struck his hard hat, causing a neck injury that required surgery. | |||||
2021-02-20 | Tampa | Fl | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Two employees were conducting preventative maintenance on multiple air handling units. One employee was greasing the motor and fan bearings inside the end of a unit when his left pinky finger was caught and pinched between the belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the distal phalanx. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Tampa | Fl | D. Clark Electric | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a six foot ladder and was reaching for a box on the ceiling when he lost his footing and fell to the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. | |||||
2021-02-06 | Tampa | Fl | Datz Restaurant Group | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was loading a van when racking tipped over onto the employee, resulting in a head injury/concussion. | |||||
2021-02-03 | Tampa | Fl | Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions | Upper arm(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a vehicle side glass support when he sustained a fractured right humerus. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Tampa | Fl | Traffic Control Products of Florida, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was using an air hose at the company's fueling station to fill a co-worker's bicycle tires. The employee was bent over in front of a pickup truck while filling the tires. The pickup moved forward, striking the employee and causing a compound fracture to his left leg. | |||||
2021-01-17 | Tampa | Fl | Army and Air Force Exchange Service | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was walking from the sales floor to the administrative area when she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken femur and injuries to her kneecap, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-01-17 | Tampa | Fl | Walsh Infrastructure Management, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
During a road shoulder sweeping operation, an employee was walking to get into a debris truck when an SUV drove onto the shoulder and struck the truck on the driver's side. The employee was between the truck and a concrete barrier and suffered a broken leg and a head laceration. | |||||
2021-01-13 | Tampa | Fl | Motion Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
At 9:40 a.m. on January 13, 2021, an employee was going up a tube between the beltcore. While he was doing so, a square tube slipped out. His left middle finger was pinned between the beltcore and the square tube. The finger was amputated and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Tampa | Fl | Seaworld Parks & Entertainment, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
At 12:57 p.m. on January 8, 2021, an employee was shoveling clay in a tiger habitat when she re-aggravated a pre-existing back injury and lost consciousness. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Tampa | Fl | Robert H. Delafield, Inc. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee performing window trim carpentry was standing on a two-foot A-frame ladder atop a roof overhang when they fell about 11 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2020-10-20 | Tampa | Fl | North Star & Associates, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the downspout gutter machine and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Tampa | Fl | The Fishel Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on a streetlight fixture to be installed on a pole. The employee was caught between the lower boom of a bucket truck and a tool box, mounted on the bed of the truck. The employee suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-25 | Tampa | Fl | MORROW STEEL ERECTORS, INC | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
While putting up some tube steel, an employee was climbing up an extension ladder. The ladder's feet slid out and the employee fell about 10 feet to the ground, landing on both feet. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture in the top of his right foot. | |||||
2020-09-25 | Tampa | Fl | Great Dane Trailers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee removed a semi-refrigeration unit from the semi-trailer to repair it. After repair, the employee was putting it back on the semi-trailer, but the bolts did not line up. As the employee tried to adjust the bolts, his left index finger was caught between the refrigeration unit and the semi-trailer resulting in amputation of his nail and a quarter inch of his finger. | |||||
2020-09-10 | Tampa | Fl | Ports America Florida Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
A mechanic was replacing a flat tire on an over-the-road container chassis. While pushing the tire into position on the rear chassis axle, the new tire's rim shot off and struck the mechanic's left leg breaking the tibia. | |||||
2020-09-09 | Tampa | Fl | GMG Flooring, LLC dba WrapQuest | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder performing house wrapping. The employee fell from the ladder and landed on the ground. The employee's right knee was injured and possibly broken. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Tampa | Fl | Gutters Done Wright Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
On September 3, 2020, an employee was working on the roof's edge attempting to insert a rivet while installing gutters. A high power electrical line was located about 2 feet from the edge of the roof where the employee was working. A power surge caused the power to jump off the line entering the employee's head and exiting through his right arm. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Tampa | Fl | LGSTX CARGO SERVICES, INC | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a forklift forward when she tried to move a dolly's break bar by pushing it with her arm. Her ring and middle fingers were then caught between the overhead guard frame of the forklift and the dolly's break bar, resulting in a ring fingertip amputation and middle finger laceration. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Tampa | Fl | Ball Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working in a robot area. His muscles began cramping in the morning and he was hospitalized that afternoon, suffering from heat stress. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Tampa | Fl | DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a skid steer when his foot was caught between the bucket and base of the skid steer. The employee sustained two closed fractures to the right ankle. | |||||
2020-08-14 | Tampa | Fl | Thermal Tech Inc. | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was operating an angle grinder, cleaning a metal surface on a cart. The wire wheel caught a large burr, kicked back, and caught the employee's shirt. It wrapped up in the loose material and lacerated the employee's left wrist/forearm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-13 | Tampa | Fl | Jauregui Glass LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was unloading glass. The employee's hand was caught in a pinch point on a pallet jack, causing the amputation of a fingertip. | |||||
2020-08-13 | Tampa | Fl | MORROW STEEL ERECTORS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was standing on stairs that were being held by welds and chain falls. The welds broke and the employee fell approximately 15 feet onto the concrete floor. The stairs fell on top of him. He was hospitalized with multiple fractures. | |||||
2020-08-11 | Tampa | Fl | Suburban Propane, LP | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was delivering propane to a customer when the tank released propane gas into his face. As well as propane inhalation, he suffered minor facial burns and contusions where the tank cap struck his face. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Tampa | Fl | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting ribeye steaks on a band saw when he suffered a laceration on his right index finger, leading to hospitalization. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Tampa | Florida | Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking the zoo grounds and tripped on a crack in the sidewalk. The employee sustained a broken left hip, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Tampa | Florida | Florida Mentor Valle Group Home | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
While trying to redirect a person's behavior, a group home employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken femur. | |||||
2020-06-18 | Tampa | Florida | C&C Pumping Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee crushed his right ankle while jumping off a pump truck cabin to the ground. | |||||
2020-06-16 | Tampa | Florida | Mike's Pies, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
An employee was backing a forklift out of a trailer when the truck's roll-up door rolled down about 6 inches. He pushed it up using his hand and pressed the accelerator. His hand was then caught between the forklift cage and the truck's roll-up door, suffering fractures. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-12 | Tampa | Florida | Fedex | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while walking and sustained a fractured elbow. | |||||
2020-06-10 | Tampa | Florida | TRANSCORE ITS, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was attempting to cut a small piece of tape that was taped around multiple wires with a splicing knife when he was shocked/electrocuted. His entire right arm tensed up all the way up to his shoulder, causing him to drop his splicing knife. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Tampa | Florida | Circle K | Lumbar region | Overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was moving soda bibs from around a soda machine when she suffered a pinched nerve in the lower back. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Tampa | Florida | Tampa Bay Systems Sales, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was performing controls maintenance on an HVAC unit. While stepping down from working on top of an air handler and onto an A-frame ladder, he fell off the fourth ladder step and injured his left wrist while attempting to break his fall. | |||||
2020-05-07 | Tampa | Florida | Kloeckner Metals Corporation | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was rigging steel beams for unloading from a trailer when he tripped and fell from the trailer to the ground, landing on his left side. He suffered a fractured left elbow, laceration, and contusions to the head. | |||||
2020-04-21 | Tampa | Florida | Cox Wholesale Seafood, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a motorized drain auger to unclog a machine. A spinning spiral mechanism (which turned the auger) caught his thick leather glove and cut off the tip of his right ring finger. | |||||
2020-04-16 | Tampa | Florida | Tampa Crane & Body Acquisition LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee took the plug out of a hydraulic cylinder when the metal arm on the cylinder came down under its own weight and pinched his pinky finger between the two pieces of metal. As a result, his right pinky finger was partially amputated at the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-16 | Tampa | Florida | Mechanical Services of Central Florida, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a panel to access a fan belt when the employee's left index finger was pinched and fractured between the fan belt and pulley. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Tampa | Florida | Waterfield Florida Staffing, LLC | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
While performing composite clean up, a temporary employee slipped and fell into some metal panels. The panels then caused an industrial exhaust fan to fall on top of the employee, fracturing his pelvis. | |||||
2020-03-26 | Tampa | Florida | Siemens Industry Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was bringing a piece of equipment into a warehouse on a pallet jack. As he entered the warehouse, the pallet jack hit a hump in the floor and tipped over, breaking vertebrae in the employee's back. | |||||
2020-03-20 | Tampa | Florida | FIS Outdoor | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a flat cart in the warehouse. The employee fell to the concrete floor and their kneecap was shattered. | |||||
2020-03-18 | Tampa | Florida | : The Davey Tree Expert Company | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
A Davey employee was in a coned work zone. A vehicle ran through the cones and struck the employee, causing fractures to the right lower leg and eye socket, bleeding in the skull, and a neck injury. | |||||
2020-03-18 | Tampa | Florida | BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was removing a load bar from the back of a trailer. The truck pulled forward and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken left femur and right wrist. | |||||
2020-03-11 | Tampa | Florida | FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL, INC | Head | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was using a blower to blow leaves off a planter. He fell off the planter to the ground 3 feet below, suffering a laceration to the back of the head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-09 | Tampa | Florida | J.J. Taylor Distributing Florida, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was walking with a pallet jack to pick up a set of pallets. The handle of the pallet jack jerked to the right and the pallet jack pinned the employee's right foot against a barrier. The employee sustained fractures to the right foot. | |||||
2020-03-03 | Tampa | Florida | BERNHARD MCC, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was tying in a newly installed, de-energized domestic water line by brazing a 3-inch copper coupling in a shallow excavated area with a gas brazing rod. A natural gas explosion burned the employee. | |||||
2020-03-03 | Tampa | Florida | Reeves Import Motors | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was servicing a car. A cover, placed under the car, slid when the employee stepped on it. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a dislocated right shoulder. | |||||
2020-02-28 | Tampa | Florida | John McCary General Contractor, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was repairing wood on the roof and fell approximately 18 feet from the roof onto the ground. The employee suffered fractures. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Tampa | Florida | Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a golf cart when it was struck by a guest's car. The employee suffered a broken ankle. | |||||
2020-02-10 | Tampa | Florida | Bowman Steel, LLC | Face | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was descending from the third floor deck in an aerial lift and made contact with a 69-Kv power line. The employee sustained flash burns to the face. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Tampa | Florida | Town & Country Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving scrap aluminum beams into a stack in a warehouse. His right middle finger got stuck between the beams and sustained an amputation. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Tampa | Florida | GULFSIDE SUPPLY, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking down a hallway when she tripped on a wrinkled rug, fell to the floor, and suffered a back injury. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-21 | Tampa | Florida | Baker Landscaping of Tampa, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was working with a landscaping crew. The employee suffered a separated shoulder with a possible chest contusion while pulling a seedling. | |||||
2019-09-20 | Tampa | Florida | MASONRY BUILDERS, INC. | Ankle(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was bending down, reaching through a tower frame for a work platform to bind straps and frames together in preparation for shipping. The frame flipped over and landed on his left ankle, dislocating and fracturing it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-15 | Tampa | Florida | National DCP, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder attempting to remove tree limbs from the top of a truck when a tree limb fell and hit the ladder, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs. | |||||
2019-08-31 | Tampa | Florida | TGH | Foot (feet) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was attempting to de-escalate a psych/combative patient when the employee tripped over a rover and fell to the ground, striking the left hip and fracturing the left foot. | |||||
2019-08-20 | Tampa | Florida | SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT CORPORATION | Head and neck | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a pickup truck towards the hangar. When he turned towards the hanger door the truck impacted the stationary clamp used to secure the hangar doors. He struck his head inside of the vehicle and sustained a concussion, forehead laceration, and a herniated disc in the neck. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Tampa | Florida | Tampa Brass and Aluminum Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee installed a new incline belt and was doing a test run when the incline belt would not start up. The employee was attempting to help the belt move when the belt amputated the employee's left thumb tip. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Tampa | Florida | Dynamic RIC Electric, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
As a light was being installed, a neutral wire that was being backfed touched an employee, who suffered minor electrical burns to his index finger and thumb. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Tampa | Florida | Terminix International Co., LP | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was doing extermination work at a private residence when a bee stung his hand. He went into anaphylaxis and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-10 | Tampa | Florida | Haverty's Furniture | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee went to the break room to make herself a cup of tea when she tripped and fell to the floor, breaking her hip. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Tampa | Florida | BCH Mechanical | Hand(s) | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was working on a gas line when a gas leak caused a small explosion/fire, burning the employee's hands. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Tampa | Florida | Main Mechanical Service, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Explosion |
An employee was repairing a refrigeration unit and determined that there was a defective electrical switch. Other contractors were at the facility bleeding a gas line at the time. The employee went to the circuit breaker to shut off power by manually flipping the breaker when an explosion occurred. The employee suffered second degree burns to the upper body, including the face, arms, and hands. |