CT/HX, LLC

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee was standing on the surface of a steel beam about two feet wide. He slipped and fell backward, landing on the concrete ground about 20 feet below. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.

An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.

An employee was working on a platform, raised 6 to 8 feet in the air, to get something off a rack. The employee fell from the platform to the ground and sustained a head injury and injury to multiple body parts.

An employee was preparing to unjam an auger shaft while standing on a forklift-elevated, job-made platform. The employee's wrench slipped off the equipment, causing them to lose their balance and fall. The employee landed on the ground 14 feet below and suffered fractures to the orbital bone, left elbow, and lower back.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

An employee was laying underneath a cooler block while jacking up the tie bar to secure it to horses when the cooler block fell off the horses and onto the employee, resulting in several fractures to the pelvis, clavicle, wrist and tailbone.

An employee was preparing to sand a metal shaft that was loaded into a lathe when his left arm became entangled in the machine. The employee sustained several broken bones.

An employee was removing the banding from a load of mechanical supports, when one fell forward onto his left leg. The employee sustained a laceration to the lower leg and was hospitalized.

An employee was rotating a channel ring using a two-hooked wire cable. The channel ring rotated when only one hook was secured. The loose hook grabbed the nameplate of the channel ring and made it fall to the ground. It spun around like a coin and, when it came to a stop, it landed on the employee's foot, resulting in a laceration and tissue damage.

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 inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

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.