WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA—
The Kearney Companies, LLC
Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Kearney Companies, LLC, Woodcreek Subdivision, WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA 33543 on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a pipe with a circular saw when the pipe pinched the blade and the blade shattered. A projectile from the blade struck the employee in the neck, lacerating him from the Adam's apple around to the ear.
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Employees were putting in utilities during phase one of a subdivision construction/development. An employee was guiding a pipe that was being lowered/lifted into the ground by a backhoe. The pipe was attached to the backhoe with a chain. The employee's right hand was caught between the chain and the pipe. Their ring finger sustained a severe laceration/avulsion(s) requiring hospitalization and surgery.
RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA—
The Kearney Companies, LLC.
An employee was cleaning a pugmill machine. The employee moved the machine belt with a 2-inch wrench when the belt caught his left sleeve and pulled his left arm into the belt, resulting in amputation of the arm.
RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA—
The Kearney Companies, LLC.
An employee was walking backward to check on a sensor on an asphalt machine when he stepped onto a manhole cover that gave away. The employee slipped and fell onto the side of the manhole and the hot asphalt, resulting in a back injury and burns to his arms.
WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA—
The Kearney Companies, LLC.
An employee slipped while putting a manhole ladder into the hole of a structure. The employee fell into the hole and landed about 14 feet below, hitting his head, chest, and leg on the ground. He suffered two cracked ribs, a foot injury, and head trauma and was hospitalized.
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