Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Canon Business Process Services, Inc., 140 Wekiza Springs Rd, LONGWOOD, FLORIDA 32779
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forehead.
Final narrative
An employee tripped over a breaker box, fell and hit her forehead, requiring hospitalization and stitches to her forehead.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was walking down a roadway between two buildings when they slipped on packed snow and ice, falling to the ground and suffering sternum and myocardial contusions. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking and stepping down from a conveyor. He twisted his leg as he placed his foot down and fell to an adjacent grating surface approximately 27 inches below, resulting in a lower leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee caught a finger on the conveyor belt while picking up a package off the conveyor belt resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.
An employee attempted to unload an irregular package from a trailer. The other packages in the trailer shifted and caused the employee to fall. The irregular package then fell onto the employee, who suffered a fractured left leg.
The employee was driving a company vehicle and making a left-hand turn when he was rear-ended by another vehicle. The employee was transported to the hospital with neck and back injuries.
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.