Shelby Erectors, Inc.

An employee was setting a pier column and needed to cut a piece of rebar with a gas-powered saw. When the employee started the saw to cut the rebar, it exploded and his pant leg caught on fire, burning the back of his left leg.

An employee was on a deck on an elevated section of an interstate, shaking out some pans. The employee fell to the ground, suffering broken bones.

An employee was dismantling scaffolding from an elevated platform when they lost balance and fell 30 feet through an opening in the planking.

An employee was working on a roof. The employee fell through roof insulation to the ground 25-30 feet below, suffering a broken pelvis and collarbone.

An employee was performing grounds maintenance work. The employee stepped on the edge of a ventilation grate when it flipped over, causing the employee to fall about 30 feet to the ground below. They sustained two heel fractures and a left tibia fracture.

An employee removed a cover from a commercial air conditioning unit to change the filters and laid the cover over the A/C grating located at the bottom of the unit. While changing the filters, the employee stepped on the cover. The cover gave way and the employee fell through the grating, landing approximately 26 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken arm, a broken rib, and a punctured lung.

An employee was dismantling a four-tier scaffolding system. When the employee stepped on a wooden scaffold plank, it failed and the employee fell to the cement floor about 28 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones and body and head trauma.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

An employee was attempting to lift a steel beam from a horizontal, stacked position to a vertical position using a crane. They had placed two hooks on the east side of the beam on the flange. As the employee was hoisting the crane, the beam began to shift and pulled the employee forward onto the stack. When the material shifted, the hooks released and the material fell, pinning the employee between the two beams. The employee was hospitalized with soft tissue contusions on their proximal right thigh and interior left thigh.

An employee was standing on the surface of a steel beam about two feet wide. He slipped and fell backward, landing on the concrete ground about 20 feet below. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.

An employee was unloading a rebar delivery from a flatbed, 19-wheel trailer. The employee rigged the load with wire rope chokers. The load was picked up 3-4 feet above the trailer deck by a crane. The load began to swing and the employee grabbed onto it to prevent it from being pushed off the trailer deck. The crane continued to lift the load, and the employee let go so the crane did not lift him to the third story. The employee fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below, resulting in a back injury and fractured vertebrae.

An employee was attaching a steel angle plate weighing (approximately 200 pounds) to the end of a structural member (5,000 pounds) and was supported by dunnage. The dunnage was a crane mat (11 inches tall) with a 4x6 board on top of it and it supported five identical members. The main piece was 30.75 feet long, 37.25 feet tall, and 1 food wide. As the employee slid the piece of metal on top of the member to begin attaching it, the entire member began to tip over. The employee went to stop the main piece from tipping over and it landed on his ankle, fracturing it.

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.