105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

The Boat House of Port Charlotte

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Boat House of Port Charlotte, 4295 Laura Street, PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA 33981 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee was assembling countertops when a router slipped and cut his thumb, hitting an artery. He was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Routers and molders-powered

Mako Contracting, LLC

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

East Penn Manufacturing

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

Ash Brothers Fireplace and Chimney Co

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

RPM & Associates Inc

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Tenaris Hickman

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

Kettle Marine

An employee was pulling a pontoon boat on wheels by hand on the showroom floor. His left hand was caught between the boat and an I-beam. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to four fingers.

Lippert Components, Inc.

On November 19, 2024, at approximately 2:40 PM, an employee was using a vertical bandsaw to trim excess material on a life ring. The tip of a finger on the employee's left hand contacted the blade, resulting in an amputation.

MarineMax Services, Inc.

An employee was assisting a team member with loading a boat onto a trailer when their right index finger was pinched between the wood bunk and boat dolly, resulting in an amputation between the nail and the first joint.

MarineMax Services, Inc.

An employee was operating a forklift when the mast struck a light post. The light post then fell on the employee's head resulting in skull fractures.

Fredricks Marine, LLC

An employee fell through a skylight approximately 25 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a possible back injury.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

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.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

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.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

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.