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

TAMPA, FLORIDA—

Metropolitan Ministries, Inc.

Fall on same level due to tripping over self · Concussions

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Metropolitan Ministries, Inc., 2301 N. Florida Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602 on — Concussions, affecting the brain.

Final narrative

An employee was getting a bucket to mop up water on a floor. He became dizzy, tripped, and fell, striking the right side of his head on the floor. The employee suffered a head laceration and concussion.

Hospitalized Brain Floor, n.e.c.

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