Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ID.me, Inc., 6550 W Hillsborough Ave, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33634
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking from her desk to the break room when she fell to the floor, resulting in a broken left arm.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was installing a PLC onto a washer. After he hooked it up, it did not power up when turned on. While the employee was checking the leads with a voltage meter, he was shocked through the left little finger, chest, and right arm from a transformer above him. He was hospitalized.
An employee was using a ladder to carry material to a roof. He handed the material to another employee and descended the ladder. On the way down, the ladder slipped out from underneath him and he fell 8-10 feet to the ground, resulting in a cut and fractures to his patella, arms, and wrist.
An employee was standing on a ladder to clean lights after painting the ceiling. The employee fell off the ladder to the floor, resulting in a broken right wrist.
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.