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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.

Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC., 600 TAMPA BAY WAY, PALMETTO, FLORIDA 34221 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.

An employee was cutting the banding from bundles of wood when the bundle became unstable, hitting the ground and the shin area of the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a broken leg.

Hospitalized Leg(s), unspecified Bundles, bales

Federal Marine Terminals, Inc.

A longshoreman fell down the ship's hold access ladder and sustained an L1 vertebra fracture.

FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.

An employee was cleaning dunnage and debris from an open dock area when they were struck by a forklift. The employee sustained bilateral leg injuries and was hospitalized.

FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.

An employee was crossing from one side of a vessel to the other. He tripped and fell from the roof of a catwalk, landing on a shipping container 15 feet below and suffering a broken left femur.

FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.

An employee was removing container deck shoes while containers were being discharged. He walked to the side of the hatch lid to get out of the swing radius of the crane. The employee then turned and stepped off the hatch lid. He fell and sustained a closed skull fracture.

Federal Marine Terminals, Inc.

An employee was operating a 10,000 lb. diesel forklift on uneven gravel in a construction zone when the forklift tipped over. The employee struck the ground and suffered head trauma.

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Amazon FTW5

An employee was unloading a trailer when a box fell and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

Tuff Shed, Inc.

An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.

Lufkin Industries

An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.

Cy-Fair Coatings Inc

An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.

Rodriguez General Carpentry

An employee was installing doors when one of the doors fell on him, fracturing his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Pathfinder Services LLC

While preparing to install a new spool piece for a vapor and spent sulfuric acid line, an employee was working to ensure there was no residual product or pressure in the line before removing the 6-inch hose. The valve was cracked, and some spent acid still in the line sprayed out. The employee was standing off to the side and at a distance, but was still contacted by the hot acid, resulting in corrosive and thermal burns to their upper torso and mid-thighs of both legs.

Virginia International Gateway Terminals, LLC

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

AHTNA Marine & Construction

The injured employee was standing by the controls for the electric spud system on the barge, preparing to raise the spuds. Meanwhile, an excavator was moving a mat on the deck. As the excavator swung from port to starboard, it's counterweight struck the injured employee s shoulder, causing them to lose balance and fall against the spud controls. The employee sustained bruises and contusions to their right shoulder and chest.

Evansville Marine Service Inc

An employee was standing on the outside edge of a hopper barge while watching a skid steer push ore for an excavator (with a clamshell bucket) to unload. The excavator was on a work barge. The bucket of the excavator struck the employee and caused a near-amputation of their right arm and fractures of the ulna and radius of the left arm. The right arm required surgery.

WATCO Transloading, LLC

An employee was inspecting a conveyor to see why it was not running. The employee entered the the conveyor motor area, tripped on a piece of angle iron welded to the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone.

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.