Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-05-07 | Tarpon Springs | Florida | Tarpon Marine Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was setting up wooden blocks when the employee's left middle finger was pinched between blocks. The employee was hospitalized with a broken finger. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Tarpon Springs | Florida | Bayside Roofing | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell to the ground while climbing a ladder, fracturing a knee. | |||||
2017-04-04 | Tarpon Springs | Florida | SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES USA, INC. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was performing his inspection rounds and lost his balance while transitioning from a dirt walking surface to a step and fell sustaining injuries to his ribs, lower back, head, left wrist and both knees. The employee was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage. | |||||
2016-03-29 | Tarpon Springs | Florida | Tarpon Marine Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was packing equipment to move to another jobsite when a pendant, weighing approximately 40 pounds, fell on his hand and crushed his right index fingertip. The finger was medically amputated just below the fingernail. | |||||
2016-03-24 | Tarpon Springs | Florida | Rick Richards, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was working on a skid steer with the unsecured cab tilted back. While he was working, the cab fell onto the employee resulting in broken ribs and vertebrae. | |||||
2015-10-01 | Tarpon Springs | Florida | R.J. Kielty Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was performing maintenance, removing manifold gauges from a residential air conditioning unit. The employee unscrewed the gauges and the liquid refrigerant sprayed onto the employee's hands. The employee suffered chemical burns to the left palm, four left fingers, and the right index finger, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-01-27 | Tarpon Springs | Florida | Davey Tree Expert | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Bites and stings |
An employee was picking up trash in the turf at a golf course and was bitten by an insect, believed to have been a spider. He was subsequently hospitalized when his finger became inflamed. |