Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sunshine Land Design, Inc, 1 Danforth, PALM CITY, FLORIDA 34990
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was throwing bricks out of a hole. One of the bricks bounced back off the silt fencing and fell back into the hole. It struck and lacerated the employee's head.
An employee was cutting a palm tree with a chain saw while standing on an extension ladder. The chainsaw kicked back and lacerated his left bicep, requiring hospitalization.
An employee had picked up a piece of steel tubing at each end to throw it into a recycling bin. When the employee threw the tube, it caught on a fixed air pipe. The employee's right hand was caught between the end of the tube and the pipe, and the employee's index finger was broken.
As part of a sidewalk demolition project, the injured employee was loading rocks and concrete by hand into the bucket of a skid steer. A rock thrown by another employee struck the injured employee's left hand, causing a partial amputation of the middle finger.
A temporary employee was picking up a metal bed frame and throwing it in the back of a garbage truck. The bed frame bounced off the truck and struck the left side of the employee's head, resulting in a concussion and a laceration.
An employee was walking on the ground with an inspector when they were struck by a falling temporary guardrail. The employee sustained muscle and ligament tears as well as internal bleeding.
An employee was working as an umpire near second base at a baseball game when they were struck in the head by a baseball thrown from the outfield. The employee sustained a subarachnoid hemorrhage, displaced temporal bone, and nondisplaced fracture of the left zygomatic bone.
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