Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DS Services of America, Inc., 5289 E. Bay Boulevard, GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA 32563
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee working as a loader at the warehouse and was cleaning the bottle rack located outdoors when a venomous snake, believed to be a Copperhead, bit the employee's right index finger. The employee was admitted to the hospital for treatment.
An employee was carrying a box inside a warehouse when it slipped out of their hands and struck their knee. The employee then fell and landed on the concrete floor, resulting in a right femur fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.
On October 24, 2023, at 4:00 AM, an employee was operating the palletizer machine. They were straightening water bottles when their right arm was caught in the machine and fractured. The employee required surgery.
An employee was walking from a palletizer to the production line conveyor to get a case of water to finish off a damaged pallet. He tripped on an uneven part of the floor (a drain that was 3/8-inch deep, 5-inches wide, and 5-feet long) and fell sustaining a broken left femur.
An employee was adjusting a forklift's fork extender chain. The chain lacerated three fingers on the employee's right hand. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.
An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.
A mechanic was performing a modular overhaul on a blower. While removing magnetic rods for the stretch rod, the employee was placing the second rod on the blower platform. The rods were magnetically attracted to one another, and the employee's left third and fourth fingers were pinched between them. She was hospitalized and sustained a partial amputation.
An employee was conducting maintenance on the bag in box (BIB) palletizer machine when the motor chain jumped, pulling his right index finger into the chain drive attached to the motor and causing a fingertip amputation.
An employee was clearing a piece of tape from the tape dispenser when their hand contacted the cutting implement on the dispenser. The employee suffered the amputation of their right index finger.
An employee was troubleshooting a bottle machine because the nozzle was stuck in the up position. The employee went to check for pre-blow air and the nozzle dropped back down to its starting position, catching his right index fingertip against the mold base. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation to the first digit.
An employee was attempting to clear a bottle jam when they were pinned to the wall by the arm of a robotic bottle stacker. The employee sustained an abdominal injury that required hospitalization. The machine was not guarded at the time.
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.