Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising · Cuts and abrasions or bruises
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NPC International, Inc., 12695 Tamiami Trail East, NAPLES, FLORIDA 34113
on — Cuts and abrasions or bruises, affecting the scalp.
Final narrative
An employee had dropped a roll of change by the pizza cabinet and bent down to pick it up. While standing back up he struck the back of his head on the bottom edge of an open drawer and sustained a laceration/contusion.
An employee was washing dishes when he fell to the floor and fractured his right leg, requiring hospitalization. Non-slip shoes were not worn at the time.
On 11/28/2015 at 5:00 pm, an employee was walking up to the door to deliver the pizza when he slipped and fell on the ice near the garage. During the fall, he hit his head and fractured his ankle.
An employee bent over to pick up sheets off the floor. As she as standing back up, her head struck a clamp on a piece of machinery, resulting in a skull fracture.
An employee was climbing a portable ladder to retrieve an item from the second level when she hit her head against a ceiling reinforcement. The employee sustained a concussion and lacerations.
An employee was underneath a construction loader truck while working on it. As the employee got up, they struck their head on the frame of the truck and were hospitalized overnight for a concussion.
An employee was squatting to inspect a dough mixer. She struck her head and lost her balance, causing her to grab onto a piece of machinery. The machine crushed her right index finger, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was working from a step ladder, changing a bulb on a ceiling light fixture. He was electrocuted, causing him to fall off the step ladder onto a concrete countertop, fracturing several ribs.
An employee had arrived at work and placed their stuff down on a desk. The employee was walking away when they tripped on their feet and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was stepping from a railcar to a work platform and missed the step. They fell approximately 14 feet from the railcar to the ground and sustained a broken wrist and fractured pelvis and were hospitalized.
An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when she tripped at a landing and fell, landing nine stairs below. She suffered two broken arms (one of them a spiral fracture) and was hospitalized.
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.