Stings and venomous bites · Other poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Terminix, 12265 E ST RD 80, LABELLE, FLORIDA 33935
on — Other poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was spraying a colony of bees using an aerosol spray when he was stung by two bees on the face and arm. He suffered a heart attack after being stung. Proper PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.
An employee was performing service on a customer's attic. They stepped off a walk board to retrieve a tool and misstepped onto the rafters, causing them to fall approximately 10 to 12 feet. The employee sustained a back injury.
An employee was spraying pesticide using a backpack sprayer. When the employee turned, their right knee buckled and the employee sustained a torn ligament.
An employee was walking around the exterior of a customer location when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula.
An employee was walking toward a house to alert the customer that he had arrived. The walkway was covered with snow and ice, and the employee slipped on the walkway landing awkwardly on his equipment. The fall resulted in four fractured ribs that impaired the function of his right lung.
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.
The injured employee was trimming a bush with a hedge trimmer. He reached over with his left hand to remove a branch. The blades of the trimmer partially amputated his left index finger.
An employee was performing pest control services at a residential home when he tripped and fell on the front porch steps. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist, two fractured ribs, and a subdural hematoma.
An employee was on a 32-foot fiberglass ladder positioned on a porch roof, using a caulk gun to seal the fascia board around the gable of a house. He was about 16 feet up the ladder, which was not fully extended. The base of the ladder slid away from the house. The employee fell onto the porch roof, then to the ground below, a distance of about 10 feet. He suffered broken ribs, lacerations and facial abrasions, and a potential facial fracture.
An employee was performing service on a customer's attic. They stepped off a walk board to retrieve a tool and misstepped onto the rafters, causing them to fall approximately 10 to 12 feet. The employee sustained a back injury.
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.