Nicklaus Children's West Kendall Urgent Care Center
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nicklaus Children's West Kendall Urgent Care Center, 13400 Southwest 120th Street #100, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33186
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was on a ladder to replace an exit sign on the second floor. The employee was electrocuted and lost consciousness, falling from the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the head, ribs, and a finger.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts n.e.c. Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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An employee was working as a fire watch. The employee was exposed to anhydrous ammonia and was not able to see while climbing down a ladder due to eye irritation. The employee fell and was hospitalized for a broken ankle.
An employee was working from a ladder and adjusting a spreader guide roller with a T-handle Allen wrench. The employee came into contact with an electrical junction box/wires, was shocked, and fell off the ladder to the concrete floor. He suffered a broken right-side rib, a puncture in the right lung, and an electrical shock burn to the right palm.
An employee was on a 10-foot ladder, working to insulate 24-inch piping that was 12 feet above the ground. The pipe jack/steel tube used to raise the pipe slipped, causing the steel tube to strike the employee's face. The impact caused the employee to fall off the ladder and sustain fractures to their left tibia and fibula.
An employee was on a rooftop, supervising the lifting of a 30' x 30' structure manufactured from I-beams. The employee was knocked to the ground and the suspended load settled on them. The employee sustained a head injury, loss of an eye, and fractured ribs.
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