KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA—
Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.
Excavation or trenching cave-in · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc., Shady Ln, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA 34744 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A crew was digging with a rubber-tired backhoe to raise a valve can. The excavation was approximately 3.5 feet deep. Dirt from one side of the excavation collapsed into the hole and pinned the injured employee's leg against the existing utility in the excavation. The employee was hospitalized for a broken leg.
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An employee was cutting sanitary pipe when he began to feel overheated and experience a headache and difficulty breathing. He then sat in the air conditioned work truck to cool down until he returned to work. The employee was carrying tools when symptoms reoccurred and he began to experience muscle cramping, resulting in hospitalization for heat illness.
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA—
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Employees were installing an intermediate driveshaft in the driveline of a dump truck. One employee went under the truck to visually observe the yoke and their left thumb was crushed/lacerated in a pinch point between the universal joint cap and the yoke.
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA—
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An employee was utilizing a battery-operated circular saw to cut a 6-inch back-form board when the saw blade struck their left hand, resulting in lacerations to the middle and ring fingers.
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A crew was rigging an RCP pipe to be lifted by a backhoe. The injured employee signaled for the operator to lower the pipe. He was adjusting the choker cable on the pipe when the pipe was lifted again. His left index and middle fingers were then crushed between the cable and the pipe, resulting in fingertip amputations.
SAINT CLOUD, FLORIDA—
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An employee was preparing to connect storm pipe to a structure. The employee went to connect the choker cable to the excavator bucket and the pipe slipped and struck them. The employee sustained a crush injury to the left foot that involved multiple fractures.
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