Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Essential Medical Supply, Inc., 6420 Hazeltine National Drive, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32822
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the groin.
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Final narrative
An employee moving pallets with a pallet jack was hospitalized after he felt pain in the groin area while taking a turn.
While servicing a container in an alley, an employee was rolling the container when it encountered an indentation in the alley and stopped abruptly. The employee reached out to grab the container and felt a burning sensation in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia and required surgery.
An employee was working on a piece of equipment and used his legs and chest for support. The employee experienced chest pain and breathing issues and was hospitalized.
An employee was installing a 20-pound replacement motor assembly, banging on the part. The employee experienced altitude change and heavy lifting stress and was hospitalized with a collapsed right lung.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423450)
An employee was operating a standup forklift in the warehouse. The forklift struck racking, causing the employee to lose their balance. Their left foot became caught between the forklift and the racking and was fractured.
An employee was servicing a circuit board on a portable X-ray unit when a battery cable touched part of the board, causing electrical burns to two fingers on his right hand.
A plumber was unclogging a sink in an employee's work area when the employee suffered an allergic reaction and an asthma attack from the liquid drain-cleaning chemicals.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.