J.C Ehrlich Pest Control

An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.

An employee was bitten by a copperhead snake while loading firewood.

An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was stung multiple times by bees while they were in a field. He suffered a severe allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

An employee was picking up brush and debris for storm restorations when their left index finger was bitten by a copperhead snake.

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 going door-to-door selling pest control services during 80+ degree weather. The employee sustained heat stroke and collapsed.

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 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 inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

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.