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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc., Oak Street, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA 34741 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was helping to break up concrete slabs when the employee's right pinky finger was caught and amputated between two pieces of concrete.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.

Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.

An employee was cutting sanitary pipe when he began to feel overheated and experience a headache and difficulty breathing. He then sat in the air conditioned work truck to cool down until he returned to work. The employee was carrying tools when symptoms reoccurred and he began to experience muscle cramping, resulting in hospitalization for heat illness.

Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.

Employees were installing an intermediate driveshaft in the driveline of a dump truck. One employee went under the truck to visually observe the yoke and their left thumb was crushed/lacerated in a pinch point between the universal joint cap and the yoke.

Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.

An employee was utilizing a battery-operated circular saw to cut a 6-inch back-form board when the saw blade struck their left hand, resulting in lacerations to the middle and ring fingers.

Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.

A crew was rigging an RCP pipe to be lifted by a backhoe. The injured employee signaled for the operator to lower the pipe. He was adjusting the choker cable on the pipe when the pipe was lifted again. His left index and middle fingers were then crushed between the cable and the pipe, resulting in fingertip amputations.

Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.

An employee was preparing to connect storm pipe to a structure. The employee went to connect the choker cable to the excavator bucket and the pipe slipped and struck them. The employee sustained a crush injury to the left foot that involved multiple fractures.

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TForce Freight

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

Liveo Research, Inc.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

Best Pump and Flow

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Lasseter Tractor Company. Inc.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

Cashless Tolling Constructors

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.

Anderson Columbia Co., Inc.

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.

FLATIRON CONSTRUCTION CORP.

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.

Warner Brothers, LLC

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.

Don Martin Corporation

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.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

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.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

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.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

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.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

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.