Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferguson Enterprises , 9900 State Route 52, HUDSON, FLORIDA 34669
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was making a delivery at a customer's shop. He fell from a flatbed truck to the pavement and sustained a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a truck. The forklift's mast tilted and the forklift fell approximately 18" to the ground. The employee struck his head on the forklift's overhead crossbar and sidebar, causing head lacerations and a displaced fractures of the C6 and C7 vertebrae.
An employee was standing on the back of a flatbed tailgate, throwing trash into a dumpster. The employee fell off the tailgate and landed on their hip and ribs sustaining three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
A driver was helping unload product at a customer location. As the customer used a forklift to unload the product, an iron pipe started slipping. The employee was using a tightening rod to push the bar when his left thumb was caught between the pipe and the rod. The thumb was crushed and broken.
An employee was using a cart to move welding pipe weighing about 900 pounds. The cart tipped over and the pipe struck him in the left leg. He suffered a contusion to the upper thigh and was hospitalized due to concern about blood clots.
An employee was helping unload metal piping material at a delivery location. While he was repositioning piping that had become crooked during unloading, the pipes shifted and his left hand was smashed between them. He suffered the amputation of the little finger.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.
Equipment was being brought back online after a break-in and vandalism. An arc flash occurred when an employee cycled a 480-volt circuit breaker. The employee suffered burns to the face and hands.
An employee was lifting the liftgate on the rear of his delivery truck after making a delivery when his right hand was caught in the liftgate. The employee sustained four fractured fingers.
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.