Dewberry Engineers, Inc.

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.

An employee was de-weeding (by hand) under the base of a citrus tree and a rattlesnake bit her right hand.

An employee was servicing an air conditioning unit. While he was working to connect the manifold gauges to the port, a rattlesnake bit him on his right hand.

An employee was wearing leather gloves while picking up trash and pulling weeds when a rattlesnake bit his right hand, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was inventorying materials inside a building when a rattlesnake bit their foot.

An employee was walking on gravel next to railroad tracks to locate underground utility lines when he slipped on loose rocks and rolled down the incline/slope. The employee was hospitalized with a possible neck injury.

An employee went into a building in a gated community. The employee was going up steps, then began walking backward down the steps, and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was boarding a ship at anchorage via a pilot ladder to perform a survey on the ship. The employee fell from the ladder and landed back on the deck of the crew boat below. The employee sustained multiple fractures.

Employee 1 was setting up his survey instrument at the edge of a concrete apron surrounding an 11-foot-deep concrete utility vault with a 9x9 steel access cover/lid. Employee 2, then walked behind employee 1, stepping onto the steel vault access cover/lid. The cover gave way, causing employee 2 and the steel vault cover to fall into the vault approximately 11 feet below. Employee 1 fell 8 feet, striking an existing pipeline valve located within the vault. Employee 2 was hospitalized for fractures to the ribs on the left side. Employee 1 did not require hospitalization.

An employee on a surveying crew fell on the ground and was found unconscious. The employee sustained a skull fracture.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.