Brandon Florida is a town located in Hillsborough County, Florida. The town has a population of about 115,000 people and is home to Brandon University. Brandon is also the location of several small businesses and factories. There has been an increase in machinery accidents over the past few years. Many of these accidents could have been prevented if the machines had been properly maintained. One of the most common causes of machinery accidents is not following safety guidelines. If you are injured in a machinery accident, don’t hesitate to contact a lawyer.
Manufacturing
Brandon Florida is home to a number of manufacturing companies, many of which are involved in the production of machinery. These companies produce a wide variety of products, including industrial equipment, automotive parts, and medical devices. Some of the more well-known manufacturers in Brandon Florida include
| Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Central Florida, LLC Metal Processors, Inc. Great Lakes Coca Cola Minerva Inc Scan Corporation Suncoast Ceramic Studio, Inc. |
Applied Technologies Group, Inc. Charles Springer T.L. Fahringer Co., Inc. Trennex Enterprises Coca Cola Bottling Co Industrial & Marine Maintenance, Inc. Piecemakers, Llc. |
Machinery Accidents
Brandon Florida is a city located in the state of Florida. It has a population of over 212,000 people, and there are many businesses and industrial establishments in the city. There have been a number of machinery accidents in Brandon Florida, and this has led to some injuries and fatalities. If you or someone you know has been injured in a Brandon machinery accident, it’s important to seek legal help as soon as possible. A qualified lawyer can provide invaluable advice on what steps to take next and can fight for your rights on your behalf.
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 11/10/2021 | Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc. | Brandon | Sd | At about 10:00 p.m. on October 11, 2021, an employee was cleaning a pressurized paint gun. The gun activated while his left ring ringer was in front of the paint nozzle, which injected paint and solvent into the finger. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance | Chemical products | Sprayers, air guns-paint |
| 20/01/2021 | SRS DISTRIBUTION, INC. | Brandon | Fl | An employee was transitioning from a roof to a ladder. The ladder fell out from under him and he fell to the ground about 16 feet below, suffering a broken left tibia and fibula. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Movable ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 19/10/2020 | GrowMark Inc. | Brandon | Wi | An employee was checking the gap between the feed rollers when his right hand was caught in the rollers. Multiple fingers on the right hand were amputated. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Machinery | |
| 09/10/2020 | Atlas Hydraulics Inc. | Brandon | Sd | An employee was operating a tube bender and noticed that one of the pressure dies was misaligned. The employee initiated a manual pause on the bender and then started adjusting the pressure die. A separate pressure die actuated, catching the employee's finger between the pressure die and a tube die causing injury to the distal phalanx of the right middle finger which required medical amputation. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Bending, crimping machines | |
| 23/01/2020 | Fairwater Garage, Inc. | Brandon | Wisconsin | An employee was walking to his car after parking a bus in the parking lot when the employee slipped on ice and fell, suffering a broken hip that required hospitalization. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Parking lot | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 07/01/2020 | Morton Buildings, Inc. | Brandon | South Dakota | An employee was unloading rolls of insulation from the back of a flatbed trailer when a roll struck the employee, causing him to fall off the truck to the ground. He suffered broken ribs, a broken back, and a potential brain bleed. | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Head and trunk | Struck by object or equipment | Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones | |
| 10/09/2019 | WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. | Brandon | Mississippi | An employee was working outdoors performing waste collection activities on a residential route and suffered heat exhaustion. | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 24/07/2019 | THRASH COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. | Brandon | Mississippi | An employee was standing next to a tractor when it rolled backwards and the right front tire rolled onto the employee's right foot. The employee sustained torn tendons and a fractured right foot. | Fractures | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Tractor | |
| 11/04/2019 | Waste Management of Jackson, MS. | Brandon | Mississippi | An employee was crossing the street when a passing car struck him, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway | Automobile | |
| 22/01/2019 | Sears, Roebuck and Co. | Brandon | Florida | An employee was working in the mattress department when she tripped on the wheel of a mattress frame and fractured her right hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Beds, mattresses |
| 17/01/2019 | MIDWEST RAILCAR REPAIR, INC. | Brandon | South Dakota | An employee was on an ATV retrieving material from an outdoor storage area when the employee hit an ice patch on gravel and the ATV flipped. The employee suffered pelvic fractures. | Fractures | Pelvis | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | ATV, all terrain vehicle | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 29/07/2018 | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Brandon | Florida | An employee was working from an order picker at about four feet high. She fell off the order picker and broke several ribs. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 01/02/2018 | Rollins, Inc. | Brandon | Florida | A technician was treating insulation in an attic when he fell through the ceiling and onto the floor of a residential home resulting in a fractured hand and L-3 vertebra. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet | Ceilings | |
| 15/04/2017 | Marmen Energy, Inc. | Brandon | South Dakota | An employee was using a portable angle grinder and a sanding disc to remove weld spatter from a 3-11 shell weighing approximately 11,900 pounds. The employee was checking the alignment of the shell with its flange when their gloved, left hand was caught between the shell and the poly wheel of the roller upon which the shell was sitting/rotating. The employee's left thumb, ring and pinky fingers suffered lacerations that required sutures. His index and middle fingertips were fractured requiring p | Fractures | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Machinery | Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves |
| 30/03/2017 | Waste Management of Tampa, Inc | Brandon | Florida | An employee was riding on the rear load yard waste truck and fell off resulting in a head injury. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway | Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck | |
| 16/02/2017 | Spartan ERV | Brandon | South Dakota | An employee was inspecting a pump house frame when he discovered the back board box was installed upside down. He enlisted a coworker to help remove and reinstall the box. His left hand was inside the box and his right hand was underneath it as it moved a few inches. When it cleared the framework, the box fell and pinched the employee's finger between it and a piece of angle iron below. His right middle fingertip was partially amputated. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment | Vehicle and mobile equipment parts | |
| 05/12/2015 | Air Rescue Air Conditioning, Inc. | Brandon | Florida | An employee was pulling a wire using needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped, and the wire struck and severely injured the employee's right eye. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Wire, cables-nonelectrical | Pliers, tongs |
| 01/10/2015 | Southern Equipment Corp. | Brandon | Florida | An employee was cutting sheet metal when the sheet metal curled up and bounced back, striking and lacerating his left eye. | Cuts, lacerations | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural | |
| 14/09/2015 | Tap One, Inc. | Brandon | Florida | An employee slipped on oil and fell. The employee received minor burns on hands and was hospitalized. | Heat (thermal) burns | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances | Fats, oils, cooking greases | |
| 19/06/2015 | Sentinel Real Estate Corporation | Brandon | Florida | An employee fell down a flight of stairs while showing an apartment. She sustained ankle injuries that required surgery. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level | Stairs, steps | |
| 04/06/2015 | RoyalAire Mechanical Services, Inc | Brandon | Florida | An employee welding on the hospital roof suffered heat-related symptoms. | Effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 29/05/2015 | Marmen Energy, Inc. | Brandon | South Dakota | An employee used his hand and arm to try to stop a swinging piece of equipment he was moving with an overhead crane. The equipment struck the employee's arm against a guard rail, resulting in a fracture. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Tools, instruments, and equipment | Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container |
| 03/03/2015 | ALL AREA ROOFING & WATERPROOFING, INC. | Brandon | Florida | An employee climbing a ladder fell 12 feet and injured his right wrist and both ankles. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Ladders | |
| 27/02/2015 | Marmen Energy, Inc. | Brandon | South Dakota | The employee was attempting to rework the alignment on a seam in a rolled metal cylinder when the spot welds broke. The metal struck the employee, resulting in a fractured left leg and numerous fractures to both feet. | Fractures | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. | Metal materials-nonstructural | Bending, rolling, shaping machinery |
| 19/01/2015 | Marmen Energy | Brandon | South Dakota | The employee suffered a fracture to her foot when the edge of a steel plate dropped and landed on her foot. | Fractures | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment | Metal plates, metal panels | |
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