Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT
Start: 2/4/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021021040 · 2/4/2021 · FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Step ladders

Employer

Name: FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT
Location: 1643 NE 5th Street, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33301
NAICS: 541990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the rear of the property looking for an electric service handhole. The employee stepped onto a plastic stool bench in order to see over the fence. The employee lost his balance and suffered a puncture injury underneath the armpit from climbing spikes protruding from a communications pole.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown