Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-16 | Rye | Co | Vision Air HVAC, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was taking dimensions on a low porch roof. He fell to the floor 10 feet 9 inches below, suffering broken ribs on the right side. | |||||
2021-10-11 | La Fayette | In | United States Postal Service | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was delivering mail when they stepped off a front porch, heard a pop in their knee, and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken femur. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Zelienople | Pa | Rose Liberty Corporation | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was stepping off a ladder onto a porch roof. The employee fell backward off the roof to the ground about 10-12 feet below, suffering a broken back, fractured ribs, and a fractured skull. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Claremont | Ca | United Stated Postal Service- La Verne | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
A USPS mail carrier was walking to a resident's door with a heavy parcel. As the carrier moved from the side of a carport to reach the front porch, the parcel hit the top of the carport. The carrier fell backward and suffered a broken right fibula, tibia, and ankle. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Springfield | Il | United States Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
A letter carrier went up on a porch to deliver mail to a home when a dog came out of an open window in the screen door and attacked her, biting the left side of her face. A second dog also attacked, biting her on the right calf. The employee was hospitalized and required reconstructive surgery on her facial wounds. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Willacoochee | Ga | Freedom Trailers, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee sprayed glue on the porch of a trailer. He then grabbed a drill to remove two screws and a spark from his drill ignited the fumes from the glue, burning his face, arms, and legs. | |||||
2021-01-02 | Saint Petersburg | Fl | U.S. Postal Service | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
A mail carrier was bitten by two dogs while delivering mail on a porch. The employee sustained injuries to their hand. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Tewksbury | Ma | U.S. Census Bureau, New York Regional Census Center | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On August 21, 2020, a census worker was on a residential porch. The resident opened the screen door and the resident's dog lunged at the employee, causing the employee to fall off the porch and suffer a broken ankle, a broken leg, and a dislocated shoulder. | |||||
2020-08-18 | Springfield | Or | U.S. Census Bureau | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Gored or rammed by animal |
A census worker was on a house porch, asking the homeowner questions. A dog ran out of the house and knocked her off the porch to the ground. She suffered broken ribs and a twisted knee. | |||||
2020-07-23 | Lake Cormorant | Mississippi | The Gutterman Company, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was preparing a house for gutter installation. The employee got off a ladder and stepped onto the porch roof to remove shingle strips. He then fell 9 to 10 feet off the roof, landing on the lawn and breaking his right femur. | |||||
2020-05-27 | Phoenix | Arizona | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On 5/27/2020, an employee was delivering mail to a residence. The employee approached the porch between a car and the yard, then stepped off the paved walkway and slipped on the mud on the irrigated yard. The employee fell, landing on the ground and sidewalk, and sustained a broken right elbow and abrasions to the knee. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Defuniak Springs | Florida | Brookdale | Jaw, chin | Fall on same level |
On May 18, 2020, a nurse was leaving a home after caring for a patient. She fell to the floor of the home's porch, suffering a hairline fracture to her jaw and an injury to her left leg resulting in damage to an artery. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-13 | Birmingham | Alabama | United Parcel Service | Lower leg(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
On April 13, 2020, a UPS employee was returning to her package car after making a delivery to a customer's porch. When the customer opened their door to retrieve their package, a dog ran out of the house and bit the employee's right calf. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-03 | Hoxie | Kansas | Sheridan County Hospital | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was leaving a client's home after delivering food. While stepping down in the icy conditions, the employee fell from the porch to the ground and suffered compound fractures to her left leg. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-18 | Fort Worth | Texas | Jack's Roofing LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working with a crew on a roof to remove the existing concrete tile and underlayment. He walked down to the eave of the roof with his rope to install the new underlayment. While installing the underlayment, he slipped off of the roof onto the concrete porch below, fracturing his arm and leg. | |||||
2019-08-14 | Lagrange | Georgia | Danny Adkins Construction | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was preparing to leave a roof when he slipped and fell to the porch below, striking his head; he then fell over the porch to the ground, where he struck his head again. | |||||
2019-07-07 | Austin | Texas | Amazon.com.kyde LLC | Coccygeal region | Animal and insect related incidents, n.e.c. |
On July 7, 2019, an employee arrived at a gated residence to deliver a shipment. The front door was located in the rear of the residence past the garage. To access the front porch, the employee entered the gated property. The employee was then attacked by a dog and hopped over the fence, hitting the ground and landing on the tailbone. The employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2019-04-29 | Northern Cambria | Pennsylvania | United State Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
An employee was delivering a package and suffered a dislocated ankle while stepping off a porch. The injury required surgery. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | A. Martini & Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 9 feet from a porch roof to the ground below while installing a metal roof. The employee was hospitalized with tailbone and vertebrae fractures. | |||||
2019-02-15 | Decatur | Georgia | Limas Construction, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
An employee stepped off a ladder onto a 5-foot-wide porch roof. The roof collapsed, and the employee fell with it to the ground about 18 feet below. The employee suffered wrist and leg fractures and facial lacerations. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Snowmass Village | Colorado | Luis Ortiz Roofing | Brain | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee climbed onto the fourth story roof of a multi-family structure to begin installing flashing around chimneys. As he stepped to connect his lanyard to a lifeline, he slipped on synthetic felt covering the roof and fell approximately 30 feet onto a porch overhang, before falling about 10 more feet onto a concrete driveway. He was hospitalized with a fractured upper front right rib, a laceration to the back of the head, a concussion, and abrasions to the face. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Mount Oliver | Pennsylvania | USPS | Neck and back | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was on a porch delivering mail to a residence when a portion of the porch gave way. Debris from the porch struck the employee, causing back and neck injuries. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Dilley | Texas | Tri-Element Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was standing on a porch that was 13 feet from the ground and was tying off to a hand rail when another employee from a different company took out the pin that stabilized the porch. The porch swayed, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a broken collarbone, four broken ribs, one lung bruise, and a head injury that required stitches. | |||||
2018-03-01 | Des Peres | Missouri | CON-TECH CARPENTRY, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 3 to 4 feet off the ground, attempting to install a porch ceiling soffit, when the ladder and employee tumbled to the ground. The employee's leg was pinned in a rung of the ladder, fracturing the tibia and fibula. The ladder was placed on loose fill rock at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-02-08 | Altoona | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level |
A employee suffered a T6 vertebra fracture after slipping on ice and falling down residential porch steps. | |||||
2018-01-31 | Canonsburg | Pennsylvania | Sung Ho Ham | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off an 8-foot ladder while performing residential construction, hitting the porch surface below and tearing ligaments in his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-18 | Wiggins | Mississippi | US Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell on ice while stepping from a customer's porch, fracturing the left ankle. | |||||
2017-09-04 | Villa Rica | Georgia | Triple G Framing Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee lost his balance and fell to the ground while transitioning from the top of a porch into a man lift. He injured his back. | |||||
2017-08-03 | Portsmouth | Ohio | United States Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was approaching a residence to deliver mail when he stepped onto the porch and fell, fracturing his hip. He was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2017-06-30 | Dunedin | Florida | Bill Shields Roofing, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 12 to 14 feet while installing felt on the porch area of a commercial roof, suffering a broken clavicle, broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and head trauma. | |||||
2017-06-30 | Ellinwood | Kansas | Woodhaven Care Center | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Standing, standing up-single episode |
An employee was on the front porch, pulling out weeds from the flower bed. As she stood up, she felt pain in her stomach area. She was hospitalized overnight for surgery. | |||||
2017-06-15 | Saint Clair Shores | Michigan | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee walked onto a residential house porch to deliver mail. As the employee was coming down from the steps, the employee stepped on a stone embedded into the cement causing the employee to slip and fall landing on the left knee, causing an open wound. | |||||
2017-04-08 | Santa Rosa Beach | Florida | Classic Coatings, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was installing concrete moldings when he fell from the third floor porch and fractured his right femur and right wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-31 | Hockessin | Delaware | WALLWORKS, INC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee had been working on a lower-sloped porch roof and was preparing to get off the roof to have lunch when he noticed a four-foot level was getting close to the edge of the roof. The employee reached for the level and slipped on snow or ice or some other moisture and then fell off the roof approximately ten feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Mansfield | Ohio | US Postal Service #38-4851 | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was delivering mail and slipped on a residential porch fracturing an ankle. | |||||
2016-10-01 | Bridgeport | West Virgini | ADT Security | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
On October 1, 2016, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee was going up the front porch steps of a private residence to make a sales call when he fell on the concrete porch and landed on his right elbow, fracturing his right ulna. He required surgery and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-16 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | USPS - Lower Paxton | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee slipped and fell while descending from a damp porch at a residence, rupturing a quadricep tendon in the left leg. | |||||
2016-07-19 | Selbyville | Delaware | GKJ Painting LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell off a porch roof approximately 10' above the ground and was hospitalized for a broken ankle and shoulder. | |||||
2016-06-23 | Saint Petersburg | Florida | Greystone Home Health, LLC | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee, visiting a patient at home, fell on the front porch and broke an arm. | |||||
2016-05-26 | Weatherford | Texas | United States Postal Service | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was returning to her vehicle after delivering a parcel to the front porch of a house when she rolled her left ankle on the sidewalk. She then lost her balance and fell to the sidewalk, fracturing her right patella. | |||||
2016-05-09 | Columbus | Georgia | USPS | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was delivering mail at a resident's address when the resident's dog exited the house. While trying to get away from the dog, the employee fell in a pond on the resident's porch, suffering a broken leg and compound fracture. | |||||
2016-04-22 | Zellwood | Florida | Industrial Container Services - FL, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
While an employee was unloading drums onto the cut porch, he bumped a drum behind him, which had his cell phone on top of it, causing the cell phone to fall into the cutter. When he attempted to retrieve the cell phone from the cutter area, his right thumb and index finger were amputated right before the knuckle at palm level. | |||||
2016-04-19 | Cumming | Georgia | Georgia SE Gutters, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing metal roofing on a porch roof when the supporting pole collapsed. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground, fracturing his elbow, pelvis, and two ribs. | |||||
2016-02-22 | Orlando | Florida | Builder Service Group, Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee installing gutters on a house fell off an extension ladder that was sitting on a porch roof. He then rolled off the porch roof to the ground and was hospitalized with a compression fracture of the lower back. | |||||
2016-02-02 | Herman | Minnesota | U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On or about February 2, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to initiate an in-person survey at a private home when the employee slipped on ice located on the home's porch, fell on a knee, and fractured the left fibula. | |||||
2015-12-15 | Amarillo | Texas | US Post Office | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee suffered a head injury when he slipped on a customer's porch and fell. | |||||
2015-12-04 | Greenwood Village | Colorado | Eagle Stucco LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A stucco crew set up two A-frame scaffold frames inside a 10x10 enclosed porch area and placed some planks between the frames. The ground that the scaffold was on was not level or solid. A worker climbed on the planks between the frames and began applying stucco to the walls. One of the frames slipped and fell over causing the worker to fall to the ground breaking his right arm in a manner that requires surgery. He also suffered scrapes and bruises. | |||||
2015-11-30 | Kingsville | Texas | King Ranch Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee stepped out onto the damp porch, slipped, and fell injuring her left knee. | |||||
2015-10-24 | Kingwood | Texas | AOC Home Health | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While working at a private residence, a nurse fell backwards off a porch onto the concrete below. The employee broke her left tibia and dislocated her knee. | |||||
2015-09-18 | Metairie | Louisiana | Renovate, Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working on an enclosed balcony putting up flashing between the balcony and the porch. The employee went on the outside of the balcony. He was holding on to the railing when it became loose and he fell approximately nine feet to the ground below injuring the hip, shoulder, ribs and lung. | |||||
2015-02-15 | Fort Walton Beach | Florida | Okaloosa Gas District | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
A technician was called out for a gas leak. The Tech was "smelling" out the gas with a meter. He had been around the residence and crawled under the porch. He moved some pesticide bottles the owner had under the porch. When he moved them they released a gas that struck him in the face. |