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