Bites and stings, unspecified · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Orkin, 108 Craddock Way Suite 11, POCA, WEST VIRGINIA 25159
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was performing pest control services at a customer's home when the employee was bitten on the hand by a snake or spider. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was inspecting an attic when they stepped off a joist and fell through the ceiling to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured L2 vertebra.
An employee was on a ladder placing steel wool into the exterior of a building when they fell approximately 8 feet from the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained a left ankle and tibia fracture.
While doing a bait monitor check, an employee fell at a customer's house and struck his head on concrete. The employee sustained severe head injuries and seizures.
An employee was walking through the chicken barn checking the chickens. They were bitten by a spider on the left shoulder and experienced a reaction to the spider bite.
The injured employee was trimming a bush with a hedge trimmer. He reached over with his left hand to remove a branch. The blades of the trimmer partially amputated his left index finger.
An employee was performing pest control services at a residential home when he tripped and fell on the front porch steps. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist, two fractured ribs, and a subdural hematoma.
An employee was on a 32-foot fiberglass ladder positioned on a porch roof, using a caulk gun to seal the fascia board around the gable of a house. He was about 16 feet up the ladder, which was not fully extended. The base of the ladder slid away from the house. The employee fell onto the porch roof, then to the ground below, a distance of about 10 feet. He suffered broken ribs, lacerations and facial abrasions, and a potential facial fracture.
An employee was performing service on a customer's attic. They stepped off a walk board to retrieve a tool and misstepped onto the rafters, causing them to fall approximately 10 to 12 feet. The employee sustained a back injury.
An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.
An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.
An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.