ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS & EXPLOSIVES TAMPA FIELD DIVISION
Shooting by other person · Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS & EXPLOSIVES TAMPA FIELD DIVISION, 10221 Big Bend Road, RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA 33578
on — Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Watch Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Tampa Field Division — freeGet an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Tampa Field Division is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.
Final narrative
A law enforcement officer was breaking up an altercation when he was shot in the back of the neck by a third party. He was paralyzed from the injury and has no feeling from the chest down.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck Person, other than injured or ill worker unspecified
The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.
An employee was working at the store when an irate customer from the drive thru came inside to yell and spit at the staff. When the customer went outside again, she pulled out a gun and shot an employee in the chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee walked into the back office and an altercation occurred with another employee. The injured employee was shot by a firearm, once in their side and twice in their arms. The employee's left leg was amputated below the knee and their left arm was fractured.
The injured employee had been working on the computer at the front desk in the showroom. An argument occurred with another employee and additional people got involved. Gunshots were fired. The employee was shot in the hip and was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 922120)
The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.
A corrections officer was working with others to restrain an inmate. During the takedown, the other officers and the inmate landed on the officer, who suffered a fracture to the right hip.
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.