C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc.

An employee was installing a drag chain on an asphalt paver. The employee was feeding the chain when their glove got caught, dragging the employee's left hand into the chain. The employee's middle finger was amputated and their index fingertip was amputated to the cuticle. The asphalt paver was running at the time.

An employee was checking (from an 8-foot A-frame ladder) the inside of an asphalt drum through the chute's opening to make sure there was no clogging. As he was descending from the ladder, his feet became tangled on the fourth rung and he fell backwards about 3 feet to the gravel floor. He injured his left ankle and lacerated the back of his head, requiring hospitalization.

An employee climbed into a man lift on the ground. He was about to ascend when a piece of hardened asphalt dislodged from the top of a silo, fell toward the ground, and struck his right hand. He suffered fractures and lacerations to the hand and was hospitalized.

An employee was installing an inflatable blow plug into a 30-inch ADS pipe when it ruptured as he was pumping air into it, knocking him unconscious inside the catch basin. He suffered a concussion and lacerations to his upper lip and left ear, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was installing rebar in a curb. When he stood up, he collapsed. The employee was hospitalized for a possible heat-related illness and dehydration.

An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

An employee was staking tomato plants on a farm. The employee began to feel sick and collapsed, suffering from dehydration and heat shock.

An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was traveling back from work when they became ill and experienced dizziness due to heat exhaustion.

On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.

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 inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

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.