Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JUNIPER LANDSCAPING OF FLORIDA, LLC, Rangland Blvd, BRADENTON, FLORIDA 34280
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was under a recently planted oak tree when the wind caused it to fall. The employee was struck and trapped beneath the tree, suffering multiple fractures and paralysis.
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More severe injuries at JUNIPER LANDSCAPING OF FLORIDA, LLC
A work crew was moving a palm tree with a manual tree dolly. The tree slipped and part of it struck an employee, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured pelvis.
An employee was aligning a truck and trailer and caught his left middle finger between the trailer hitch and the truck's ball hitch, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was loading plants into a truck in an outdoor environment and suffered dehydration, a kidney injury, and a muscle injury due to heat exhaustion. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was mowing near a tree. A freshly cut branch protruding from the tree caught his left hand as he rode by on his standup mower. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated.
An employee was parking a lawn mower when she fell off and the lawn mower ran over her right leg. The employee suffered internal fixation for a fractured right tibial plateau and was hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561730)
An employee was helping to set up a mulch blowing truck when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee, a concussion, and a head laceration; they also received stitches on their arm.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the saw cut his thumb, index, and middle fingers. His index finger was amputated and he was hospitalized.
An employee was mowing a residential lawn at a client's house. The mower slid on the land and tipped over onto him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra in the neck and partial paralysis.
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.