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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

MASONRY BUILDERS, INC.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at MASONRY BUILDERS, INC., 11525 E State Rd, LAKEWOOD RANCH, FLORIDA 34202 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

An employee was dismantling scaffold that was three frames high and had planking that was three planks wide. As he was dismantling the ladder portion, the ladder tipped forward and he lost his balance and fell 18 feet to the ground, suffering a left heel fracture, a right ankle fracture and compression of numbers 1, 2 and 3 vertebrae.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Masonry Builders, Inc.

An employee was washing down a brick wall. He was removing scaffolding and was about to move down to a lower level when he fell, landing on the ground about 20 feet below and suffering a hip and spine fracture.

MASONRY BUILDERS, INC.

An employee was bending down, reaching through a tower frame for a work platform to bind straps and frames together in preparation for shipping. The frame flipped over and landed on his left ankle, dislocating and fracturing it. He was hospitalized.

MASONRY BUILDERS, INC.

An employee fell off a roof and fractured his skull, requiring hospitalization.

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P&C Roofing, Inc.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

Melvin Sipaque

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

All Seasons Roofing & Construction Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

Caterpillar, Inc.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

Advantage Solutions

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

Zimmerman & Herr

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

United Masonry and Landscaping, LLC

An employee was climbing a scaffold when he slipped and fell 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland

A maintenance employee was 6 feet up an 8-foot ladder to hand someone a bucket when he lost his balance and fell backward to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back of his head that required staples, a concussion, and three fractured neck vertebrae.

RMI Cement LLC

An employee was sitting on the tailgate of a moving pickup truck while holding the handles of a wheelbarrow. The employee fell off the tailgate and struck his head on the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a brain bleed.

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.