Bites and stings, unspecified · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Securitas Security Services USA, Inc, Swingerton Construction, Inc., VALPARAISO, FLORIDA 32580
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was picking up water bottles near the guard gate when a black snake bit his index finger. He was hospitalized.
An employee sat on a stack of three to four chairs when the stack collapsed and the tip of his right ring finger got caught between two chairs, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.
A security officer was walking toward her post when she slipped and fell on the floor and sustained injuries to the left knee and rotator cuff as well as the right ribs and wrist.
An employee was on a routine security patrol, walking around the building, when he slipped on ice and fell. The employee sustained a fractured hip and an hand injury.
An employee retrieved information from a visitor's vehicle. As they were walking back to the door of the guard house, they tripped on a nearby curb and fell. The employee sustained sprains, bruising, swelling, and abrasions to the face, back, ribs, stomach, hips, legs, knees, and feet.
An employee stepped out of a security guard shack and fell down stairs, landing on their left side. The employee suffered pain in the left leg and hip.
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.
The injured employee was helping to detain an inmate. A security guard slammed the inmate on top of the injured employee. The employee sustained a back/neck injury.
An employee was removing a rope barrier to let a vehicle into an area. She fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left hip. She was hospitalized.
An employee was providing security for a stadium event. The employee was attacked and struck in the head with a hammer, suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking out of the guard shack to get numbers from trailers when they slipped/tripped and fell off a curb to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a hip 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.