Bites and stings, unspecified · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Agmart Produce Inc, 5275 Keais Rd, IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA 34142
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the disk of a tractor used for tomato-growing operations with a rag when an insect bit him on his left leg on 5/26/2015. He was later hospitalized when the bite became infected.
An employee was walking through the chicken barn checking the chickens. They were bitten by a spider on the left shoulder and experienced a reaction to the spider bite.
An employee was on a ladder, reaching for fruit in a tree, when the ladder went sideways, causing the employee to fall. His right forearm was lacerated by a tree branch.
An employee was getting off a tractor to close a gate. The tractor moved backward and the front tire knocked him down. He suffered a dislocated hip, a dislocated shoulder, and a possible hip fracture.
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.