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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Dewar Nurseries, Inc.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dewar Nurseries, Inc., 625 W Keene Road, APOPKA, FLORIDA 32703 on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).

An employee was working inside a greenhouse when she slipped on the wet concrete floor and fell on her right hip and right wrist. Her right wrist was fractured and required surgery.

Hospitalized Wrist(s) Floor, n.e.c.

Dewar Nurseries Inc.

An employee was loading plants from a metal trailer on the top shelf of a rack when he stepped on the metal trailer and slipped, catching his right middle finger in the side post of the metal rack. His finger was fractured.

Dewar Nurseries Inc.

An employee turned the water on and the PVC pipe burst striking him in the face and fracturing his jaw.

Dewar Nurseries Inc.

While loading plants into a truck, an employee opened the back and was scraped by the door, causing a cut to the stomach area.

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AT & T

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

REYNOLDS FORD NORMAN

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

The Westervelt Company

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

The Wyndmoor of Marion (OH), LLC

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

Interfor US Inc.

An employee was installing a feed roller. The employee's left index finger was caught between the roller and a choker. The employee suffered an avulsion to the finger, and the fingertip was partially amputated at the hospital.

Cibola National Forest

While conducting physical training, an employee was running and stepped on a sprinkler head that caused them to fall. The employee sustained a broken femur, requiring surgery.

COWART MULCH PRODUCTS, INC.

An employee had dropped off a large chipper the size of a tractor trailer. There was some maintenance needed on one of the outriggers. The foot had been damaged and the employee was helping a maintenance person remove a piece of the chipper. The employee's fingers were caught between two pieces of metal they were attempting to take apart and the employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Cibola National Forest

An employee was walking on a flat level track with a 25-pound pack. He was on his final lap of the test when he collapsed onto the ground from overexertion.

Coushatta Forest Products LLC

An employee was working a maintenance shift when a pulley holding a load of lumber malfunctioned, destroying the belt shaft. Metal shrapnel then struck the employee in the abdomen, causing a laceration that required hospitalization.

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.