Environmental Abatement Inc

An employee was dismantling scaffolding from an elevated platform when they lost balance and fell 30 feet through an opening in the planking.

An employee was working on a roof. The employee fell through roof insulation to the ground 25-30 feet below, suffering a broken pelvis and collarbone.

An employee was performing grounds maintenance work. The employee stepped on the edge of a ventilation grate when it flipped over, causing the employee to fall about 30 feet to the ground below. They sustained two heel fractures and a left tibia fracture.

An employee removed a cover from a commercial air conditioning unit to change the filters and laid the cover over the A/C grating located at the bottom of the unit. While changing the filters, the employee stepped on the cover. The cover gave way and the employee fell through the grating, landing approximately 26 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken arm, a broken rib, and a punctured lung.

An employee was dismantling a four-tier scaffolding system. When the employee stepped on a wooden scaffold plank, it failed and the employee fell to the cement floor about 28 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones and body and head trauma.

An employee was working to assess the operation of a high-pressure water nozzle. The water system was activated and the employee was cut by high pressure water on his left hand where the palm meets the wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was performing torching work when metal fell on top of their foot and fractured the smallest toe.

An employee was working to push items in a trailer dumpster with his feet; his back was against a building wall. He fell to the concrete ground, resulting in fractures.

An employee was guiding a high-pressure water hose through a 4-inch gap on a horizontal condensing tube when the hose blew apart. The hose left the opening and the fitting at the end of it struck the employee on the side of his face. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the left side of his head, including a laceration from his left temple through his ear.

On July 24, 2025, an employee was shoveling material when a piece of steel slag fell from a nearby furnace and struck them in the back. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their thoracic vertebrae and a metatarsal.

An employee was on a four-step work stand while sanding an area of an aircraft. He was climbing down the work stand when he tripped over an air hose and fell to the level below, resulting in a fractured femur.

An employee was scanning the placards of pallets of mail bundles when a forklift approached from the opposite side and began lowering and pushing his pallet load forward. It struck the pallet the employee was working on, causing it to shift and strike her. She fell to the ground and sustained a left hip fracture that required surgery.

An X-ray machine had lost power and an employee went to replace the power supply. While replacing a cable on the power supply assembly, the employee's right hand contacted the grounding terminals coming out of the back of the power supply assembly and they received an electric shock. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was servicing equipment and had disconnected a 4-inch line. A proportional control air valve on the equipment actuated, releasing a large volume of air at 99 psi into the 4-inch braided stainless steel line hanging down from the valve. The sudden release of pressure caused the line to whip and strike the employee's face. He was hospitalized due to an orbital bone fracture requiring surgery. The equipment was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was performing janitorial duties and carrying bathroom supplies when he slipped on a guardrail mounting post and fell on his side. The employee's hip was fractured and required surgery.