Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-15 | Valrico | Fl | Truly Nolen Pest & Termite Control | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
While treating a backyard, an employee was bitten on the left index finger by a coral snake. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Valrico | Florida | Tampa Electric Company | Face | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was testing the low side of a transformer. The test equipment exploded and the employee sustained arc flash burns to the face. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Valrico | Florida | Solitude Lake Management | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a 4x4 all-terrain vehicle when it hit a tree stump and rolled down a steep hill. The employee suffered a neck injury and an abrasion to the left shin and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Valrico | Florida | Team Fishel | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was in a bucket working on a primary electrical distribution powerline when he became disoriented and suffered heat exhaustion. | |||||
2017-07-27 | Valrico | Florida | CLONE IRON WORKS EQUIPMENT ERECTOR INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was shaking metal bar joists bundled on the forklifts to separate the metal bar joists and to move them to the staging area for edge grinding. One metal bar joist broke free from the bundle and smashed the employee's finger in between the metal joist and the forks of the forklift. The employee suffered an amputation to his left middle finger up to the first knuckle. | |||||
2017-07-01 | Valrico | Florida | Caspers Company | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped in a walk-in cooler, suffering head, wrist, and knee injuries. | |||||
2017-06-20 | Valrico | Florida | CVS Health | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was reaching over a shelf when his left ring finger was caught and severely lacerated on the top of the shelf support. His finger had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2015-07-07 | Valrico | Florida | Wayne Gonzalez Roofing Contractor, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was taking down a gutter on the edge of a residence's roof and fell approximately 14 feet to the ground, fracturing his right wrist. | |||||
2015-05-08 | Valrico | Florida | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing a lift (Genie AWP-36S) from inside the church (main aisle, towards back of the church). The employee was lowering the lift when another employee heard a "snap" noise. The lift started to fall. The employee moved away to avoid being hit; in the process, he fell backwards, hit his head, and lost consciousness. |