Pedestrian struck by vehicle unspecified · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bennett Contracting, Inc., Intersection of Kights Trail Rd and Laurel Oaks Rd, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34276
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was backfilling a trench after installing a waterline near a public road when they were struck by a car. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a bruised kidney.
An employee was walking back to the store from her car when she was struck by a motor vehicle. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the right leg.
An employee was crouched down to remove dirt/debris from around a grader so that it could mark the appropriate grade level. The grader turned left and the right tire struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the right side of their pelvis and required surgery.
An employee was struck by and caught between two work vehicles. The employee suffered internal bleeding and a fractured leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was assisting the crew with patching and restoring a roadway after the installation of a sewer line. He was helping place and level the blacktop/backfill material over the trench area to bring the road surface back to proper grade. The employee was walking between a forward-moving dump truck and a dirt pile when his right foot was run over by the truck s wheel, causing him to fall. The employee sustained injury to his foot.
An employee was operating a skid steer with a bucket attachment at a demolition site. While driving it to the rear of the property to park it, the employee came into contact with a live electrical transformer unit that was located outside of the facility. The employee sustained electrical burns on his hands extending up to his elbows and a fractured ankle.
An employee was installing a door on a semi-trailer. They were using a forklift to lift the door to the height of the trailer when the door became jammed between the forklift mast and the hinge on the trailer. When the employee went to dislodge the door from the mast, the door fell and crushed their foot. Their big toe was amputated. The employee was hospitalized and their big toe was surgically reattached. The employee's foot and other toes also required surgery.
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.