Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AT&T Services, Inc., 11760 US 1, NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33408
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee became ill while working at her cubicle and was hospitalized due to mold exposure.
An employee stepped on a traffic cone while walking to a truck. The employee slipped and fell, suffered a fractured and possibly dislocated ankle, and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was going up a ladder between two utility poles in a backyard. He then went to readjust the ladder, but fell before getting to the bottom of the ladder. The employee sustained a broken left hip.
An employee was running cable underground through hand holes when they began feeling sick and breathing heavy. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration/heat illness.
An employee was in a wash bay using an alkaline chemical cleaner to clean truck beds. The employee began experiencing lip numbness and facial and eye redness. The employee also experienced breathing difficulties, resulting in hospitalization.
On February 15, 2023, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee laid her head down on a desk and then noticed that her face and tongue were swollen. She later had trouble breathing while driving home. The employee was hospitalized for a potential allergic reaction.
An employee was descending a ladder that was on a strand when the ladder shifted, causing the employee to jump off and fall about 5.5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle.
An employee was removing 2,500-foot reels of 1 cable-in-conduit (CIC) weighing ~1,022 lbs. from the back of an enclosed delivery truck. The employee was manually rolling a reel off the truck when another reel shifted and rolled forward, crushing his right hand between the two reels. The employee's right ring finger was partially amputated without loss of bone.
An employee was on an extension ladder working to replace a service line to a customer's home. The existing service line broke, causing him to fall off the ladder. He was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractures in his left wrist requiring surgery.
An employee stepped on a traffic cone while walking to a truck. The employee slipped and fell, suffered a fractured and possibly dislocated ankle, and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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.