Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AmeriGas Propane, Inc., 323 S. Young Street, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA 32174
on — Strains, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was pulling a delivery hose from a bobtail trailer and tripped over the hose. The employee pulled a muscle in his right calf, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was filling propane cylinders at a customer location when a flash fire occurred, resulting in burns to the face that required hospitalization.
An employee was servicing a propane tank when the tank began venting excess propane and an ignition source caused a flash fire. The employee sustained second degree burns to the face, arms, and legs.
On February 22, 2016, at about 10:39 a.m., an employee was delivering a propane gas tank when he fell from the gangway to a barge and into the water, injuring his eye. He was hospitalized and had surgery for a possible eye socket fracture.
An employee was using a large pot to carry hot oil from the fryers. His left foot got caught on a hose that was on the floor and the pot fell. When the pot hit the floor, the hot oil splashed upward onto the employee's face, hands, and legs causing second-degree burns.
An employee was walking from their work station when he stepped on a wooden board and rolled his ankle. He sustained a pelvic injury that required surgery.
While on a scissor lift, an employee was cleaning an overhead fan. The employee tripped over the hose of a wet/dry vacuum and his right hand struck the running fan blade resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip. The fan was not guarded at the time of the incident.
At 3:23 p.m. on March 21, 2022, an employee was returning to her workstation when she tripped over a plastic band with her left foot, suffered a broken right femur as she tried to regain her balance, and collapsed to the floor. She was hospitalized.
An employee was climbing down a track ladder. The employee's left foot twisted on a step as their other foot reached the floor, and the employee's shin was broken.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 454312)
An employee was filling propane cylinders at a customer location when a flash fire occurred, resulting in burns to the face that required hospitalization.
An employee was making a propane delivery at a residential customer location. As he walked to the customer's door, he slipped on ice and fell resulting in a right leg and ankle fracture.
On May 31, 2019, an employee was filling a propane gas cylinder used for forklifts when pressure from the nozzle came off of the propane cylinder and knocked him to the ground. He sustained a fracture to his right hip 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.