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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Miller Electric Company

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Miller Electric Company, 2000 W NASA Blvd., MELBOURNE, FLORIDA 32901 on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.

An employee was disassembling a powered actuated tool that was jammed. As he attempted to put the barrel back on the device, it was actuated and the ram rod impaled his right hand.

Hospitalized Hand(s), unspecified Handtools-powered, unspecified

Miller Electric Company

An employee was operating an ATV when they were struck by a vehicle. The employee sustained multiple bruises and internal injuries.

Miller Electric Company

An employee was troubleshooting an inoperative 277-volt light relay. The employee made contact with an energized component and received an electric shock and burns.

Miller Electric Company

An employee and his co-worker were feeding ground wire underneath a transformer cabinet. His co-worker was pushing down on the ground cable with a metal framing system when the tension on the cable released, causing the metal framing system to drop down onto the employee's right hand. As a result, the employee sustained an amputation of the right index finger above the first knuckle.

Miller Electric Company

An employee was loading pre-fabricated racks of 4-inch conduits from a cart onto a trailer when his finger was caught between the cart and the conduit, amputating his right ring fingertip.

MILLER ELECTRIC COMPANY

While adjusting the jack foot pad for an equipment trailer, an employee's left index fingertip was amputated as he was aligning cotter pin holes.

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Mako Contracting, LLC

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

East Penn Manufacturing

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

Ash Brothers Fireplace and Chimney Co

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

RPM & Associates Inc

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Tenaris Hickman

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

Smart Building Technologies - A Fidelity Company

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

Abbott Electric Inc

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

Mintcrest Corp

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 6 feet above the floor while he attached a suspended light fixture to the ceiling. The employee lost balance, and fell to the tiled floor below, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head.

Cupertino Electric, Inc.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

Swedberg Electric, LLC

The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

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.