Port Manatee Ship Repair

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet — Fractures — TAMPA, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Port Manatee Ship Repair in TAMPA, FLORIDA
Employer Port Manatee Ship Repair Report ID 2024098392
Address 1006 N 19th St. City, State ZIP TAMPA, FLORIDA 33605
Event Date September 10, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Multiple trunk locations
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary Source Other constructed surface
Industry (NAICS) 336611 Inspection # 1775756
GPS Coordinates 27.95000, -82.43000

Incident Narrative

An employee was painting the top of a shipping container from inside a lift basket on a forklift. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete surface and sustained a fractured pelvis and a fractured L5 vertebra.

Incident Summary

On September 10, 2024, a worker at Port Manatee Ship Repair in TAMPA, FLORIDA suffered fractures to the multiple trunk locations. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet, with forklift, order picker, platform truck powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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