Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RENTOKIL NORTH AMERICA, INC., Pizza Hut, PALMETTO, FLORIDA 34221
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was auditing an establishment when the employee fell on the floor, breaking the left hip. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
HospitalizedHip(s)Floor, unspecified
More severe injuries at RENTOKIL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
An employee was walking between a closed dock door and a staged pallet of product. The floor was wet with condensation from the freezer area and the employee's foot got caught at the bottom of the pallet. While trying to free his foot he fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured right tibia.
An employee was spraying an overhead wasp nest in an apartment complex when she stepped in a depression in the ground and fell, resulting in a broken ankle and dislocated elbow.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was inspecting a mechanical part when he fell from the loading dock to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured back bone that required overnight hospitalization.
A BWS Inspection Services, LLC employee was standing near the worksite waiting to visually inspect the quality of work when completed. Meanwhile, another company was performing a hot tap into a natural gas line. A spark from the hot tap ignited a fire in the line, causing flames to come out of both ends of the pipe. The BWS employee sustained burns.
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 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.