Coral Springs Florida – Machine Injury & Accidents

What can you do to protect yourself and your company from machinery accidents? First, make sure you have a comprehensive safety program in place. This should include training your employees on how to use your machines safely, installing warning devices where necessary, and maintaining up-to-date safety equipment. Second, take steps to prevent accidents from happening in the first place. This means installing proper safeguards on your machines, such as guarding against unauthorized access, using properly calibrated sensors, and maintaining accurate work records. And finally, if an accident does occur, don’t hesitate to contact the authorities. By doing these things, you can minimize your risk of suffering a machinery accident in Coral Springs Florida.

Manufacturing in Coral Springs

Coral Springs, Florida is a city located in Broward County. The city has a population of approximately 130,000. Coral Springs is home to many manufacturing companies including

Verifone Systems, Inc.
Verifone, Inc.
Alvaco Trading Company
Abb/Con-Cise Optical Group LLC
A-1 Roof Trusses Ltd., Company
Abb-Diversified Holding Corporation
Jns Foods, LLC

Advanced Communications Holding, Inc.
A.L. Garey & Associates, Inc.
Metritek Corporation
Cellantenna Corporation
Lupin Research Inc.
Tesco Equipment, LLC
Decoral System U.S.A. Corporation

Coral Springs is also known for its luxury high-rise buildings and its golf courses.

What Machinery Accidents Have Occurred in Coral Springs Florida?

In Coral Springs Florida, there have been a number of machinery accidents that have resulted in injury or death. Injuries sustained from these accidents can often be extremely costly, both financially and emotionally. If you or someone you know has been injured as a result of a machinery accident in Coral Springs Florida, it is important to seek legal assistance as soon as possible.

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
10/11/2021	Facility Gateway Corporation	Cape Coral	Fl	An employee was connecting batteries to an uninterruptible power supply system. A few batteries shorted out, causing second-degree burns to his hands. He was hospitalized, requiring skin grafts.	Second degree electrical burns	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity	Batteries other than automotive
21/09/2021	AJ BUILDING CONTRACTORS, LLC	Cape Coral	Fl	Two employees were working on the roof of a two-story residential home. They were aligning sun trusses. They had a ladder on each end and were on the ladders holding the bottoms of the trusses, about 3-4 feet high. The trusses began to shift and several fell, creating a domino effect. The employees were knocked to the ground, together suffering a dislocated/fractured elbow, a forehead laceration, and a dislocated/fractured toe. They were hospitalized.	Fractures and dislocations	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Movable ladders	Roof trusses, joists
09/07/2021	U.S. Postal Service	Cape Coral	Fl	An employee was delivering mail and felt dizzy from inhaling the exhaust fumes from the delivery truck.	Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode	Carbon monoxide	Delivery truck or van
14/05/2021	GG Contractors Group	Cape Coral	Fl	An employee was working on a roof, stepped on a plywood sheet, and fell through the roof to the ground resulting in a broken arm required surgery and two fractured discs.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening	Roof surfaces other than roof edge	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
10/03/2021	NAGELBUSH MECHANICAL INC.	Coral Gables	Fl	An employee was walking along the side of a ditch in order to take measurements of piping elevation when he tripped and fell into the ditch on his left side, resulting in a fractured left radius.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations	Ground, n.e.c.
04/03/2021	Landscape Service Professionals Inc.	Coral Springs	Fl	An employee was trying to push a trailer hitch onto a trailer ball when his left middle finger was crushed between the hitch and the ball.	Crushing injuries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Trailers
04/02/2021	Fumega Trucking Co.	Coral Gables	Fl	On 2/04/2021, at approximately 8:45 AM, an employee was unloading roof tiles from the conveyor belt boom on top of a roof when he fell off the roof and landed on the ground 25 to 30 feet below. The employee sustained multiple fractures including his face, left arm, and legs. The employee's injuries required multiple surgeries.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet	Roofs	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
05/10/2020	Nor-Tech Power Boats, Inc	Cape Coral	Fl	Two employees were preparing a vessel for cleaning. The injured employee was on the deck of the vessel handing pieces of plywood (temporary compartment covers) out of the side dive door to the other employee who was standing on the ground. The injured employee slipped and fell from the boat to the ground and suffered a rib injury.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Water vehicle	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
03/10/2020	FP Property Repairs, Inc.	Cape Coral	Fl	An employee was standing on a ladder scaffold with a wood plank platform, about 4-5 feet above the ground, placing siding on a house. The plank snapped in half and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
08/09/2020	LATITE ROOFING AND SHEET METAL COMPANY, INC.	Cape Coral	Fl	An employee was working on a flat roof and began to feel unwell. He was hospitalized for dehydration.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
30/06/2020	SFM LANDSCAPE SERVICES, LLC	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was backing a mower into a tractor trailer when the mower's gas tank struck the trailer and exploded. The employee received burns to the face (around eyes and forehead), arms, and knees.	Heat (thermal) burns	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids	Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel	Lawn mowers-riding
08/06/2020	Lycan Concrete Corp.	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was handing out water when he stepped into a walk-behind trowel machine that was running. The employee was injured by the blade of the walk-behind trowel resulting in hospitalization.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Construction, logging, and mining machinery
13/03/2020	SUNRISE COMMUNITY OF SW FLORIDA	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee climbed a 6-foot ladder to cut a tree branch. While cutting the tree branch with an electric saw, the employee lost balance and fell off the ladder sideways, landing on the left side of his back. The employee sustained fractures to the left wrist, ribs, and pelvis.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
08/08/2019	All Phase Construction USA LLC	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was climbing a fiberglass ladder when the ladder snapped and the employee fell 10 feet to the ground resulting in fractures.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet	Movable ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
11/05/2019	Legend Senior Living	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee walked through an area of wet carpet and then stepped onto a tiled area and slipped. The employee fell and broke her wrist.	Fractures	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor
16/04/2019	P & T Tractor Services Inc	Cape Coral	Florida	On 4/16/2019, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was mowing grass along the road when he attempted to remove a piece of wood that was lodged underneath the mower. The mower's moving pulley and belt lacerated his left hand, damaging the tendons and requiring hospitalization and surgery.	Cuts, lacerations	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Mowing machinery
15/04/2019	The Boat House of Cape Coral	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee had been cleaning a boat when he was found unresponsive and was not breathing. He sustained a bump on his head above his eye.	Bruises, contusions	Head	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
06/03/2019	ALDI, LLC	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was stocking shelves when an electric pallet jack injured his foot.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Pallet jack-powered
15/09/2018	D. PECK ROOFING, INC.	Cape Coral	Florida	While re-roofing a home, an employee fell off the one-story roof to the ground. The employee suffered a broken forearm.	Fractures	Forearm(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Roofs	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
14/09/2018	Pospiech Contracting	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee was compacting dirt using a plate compactor when a rubber-track mini-excavator ran over his left foot, breaking two bones.	Fractures	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area	Mini excavators
21/07/2018	Trans Papa Logistics, Inc	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee was working inside a tractor trailer during a delivery when he lost his balance and fell from the open door of the tractor trailer, landing on the lift gate support. He suffered three fractured right-side ribs and a punctured lung.	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck	Nonclassifiable
09/07/2018	Publix #1121	Coral Springs	Florida	The injured employee was on a two-step ladder cleaning the rotisserie area in a deli while a second employee was using a container to recover drained grease from the same equipment. The injured employee came down and repositioned the ladder next to the grease bucket and used it to clean. When he came down the ladder, he stepped into the grease bucket and burned his foot.	Heat (thermal) burns	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances	Fats, oils, cooking greases
03/07/2018	Goodwill Industries	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was cleaning ceiling tiles from an A-frame ladder when he fell to the ground.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level	Step ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
15/05/2018	Hire Quest LLC	Coral Gables	Florida	While sweeping the street, a temporary employee attempted to adjust a water filled barricade. When he pushed the barricade, the chain link fence portion shifted and severed his left index fingertip between the nail bed and the first digit.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Chain-link fences, panels
01/05/2018	PRINCE LAND, INC.	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee was cutting a piece of iron pipe with a chop saw when the saw kicked back and lacerated his left cheek, requiring stitches.	Cuts, lacerations	Cheek(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Sawing machinery-stationary
19/04/2018	Premier Cabinets and Fixtures Inc.	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was cutting a piece of plywood with a portable saw when the tool lacerated his right thumb.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Saws-powered, except chainsaws
13/04/2018	Mersino Dewater Inc.	Cape Coral	Florida	Two employees were replacing a water pump on a flatbed truck. The water pump had been raised underneath the truck with a jack. The injured employee had just finished removing the bolts that attached the old water pump to the rest of the vehicle, and was attempting to lower the pump to the ground with a floor jack. The second employee attempted to release pressure off of the hydraulic floor jack in order to lower the old part to the ground while the injured employee was attempting to hold the par	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Engine parts and accessories	Jacks
05/04/2018	Publix Supermarkets, Inc.	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was moving a trash can when he tripped and fell, potentially suffering multiple leg fractures.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self	Floor
26/03/2018	Viacom	Coral Gables	Florida	An employee was walking down the aisle, tripped and fell resulting in an ankle fracture and hospitalization.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping	Floor
07/03/2018	TWS Fabricators, Inc.	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee was up on an I-beam, tied off to set a long span joist on the wide flange beam. As the joist was coming up into position, it got close to his foot. He moved his foot, lost his balance, and fell off the beam. The retractable caught him, bounced once, and swung toward the building. The bottom flange of the I-beam then severed the retractable and the employee fell approximately 10 feet onto the sand/concrete floor. He fractured his left wrist and was hospitalized.	Fractures	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level	Structural elements
03/03/2018	Full Service Professionals	Coral Gables	Florida	An employee was walking beneath a ladder to get some towels when he hit his head on the ladder, suffering a contusion and requiring hospitalization.	Bruises, contusions	Head	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.	Ladders
22/02/2018	NATIONS ROOF RESIDENTIAL, LLC	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was spreading roofing cement and fell 20 feet fracturing his femur.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet	Roofs
14/09/2017	DTE ENERGY SERVICES, INC.	Coral Gables	Florida	An employee was struck by a motor vehicle while standing on a sidewalk, suffering a broken right leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road	Highway vehicle, motorized
31/08/2017	The Boat House of Cape Coral	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee was using a cutting wheel to open a crate when a piece of the wheel broke off and struck his ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Ankle(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Chips, particles, splinters	Hand grinders-powered
11/08/2017	Schindler Elevator Company	Coral Gables	Florida	On 08/11/2017, an employee slipped and fell while working on an escalator, and was hospitalized for treatment of a laceration to the shin.	Cuts, lacerations	Lower leg(s)	Fall, slip, trip	Escalators
10/01/2017	Tekton Construction	Coral Gables	Florida	An employee fell approximately 10 feet while removing formwork, suffering trauma to both arms, the face, and the torso.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Nonclassifiable
19/08/2016	Walgreens Co.	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee was lifting product while stocking and injured his lower back.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode	Nonclassifiable
14/08/2016	BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.	Cape Coral	Florida	While standing on a step stool to stock shampoo on a shelf, an employee fell and struck the right arm on the concrete floor, fracturing the upper arm.	Fractures	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders
27/06/2016	VUTECH Management Corp.	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was inserting a piece of aluminum into the rotating piece of a horizontal lathe when his right-hand pinky finger was amputated at the knuckle.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metalworking lathes
19/05/2016	DG Air Services Inc	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee walking towards an aerial lift, fell, and struck his head. The employee was hospitalized for a brain injury and lacerations.	Intracranial injuries, n.e.c.	Brain	Fall on same level	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
20/02/2016	Kitchen Art of South Florida, LLC	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a table saw when the blade lacerated his right index finger, requiring stitches.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Table saws
13/01/2016	BP Roofing Inc.	Cape Coral	Florida	While attempting to load the panel used to cover the skylight on the roof, an employee fell approximately 9 feet through the skylight and hit his head on the ground below.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet	Skylights
10/01/2016	Caloosa Cooling L.L.C.	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee was organizing his work truck when a large tank of R-22 refrigerant fell out of the truck, causing the valve to open and spray the employee. He received chemical burns to his face, neck, shoulders, and chest area.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Fluorine compounds
18/12/2015	VCA Wiles Road Animal Hospital	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was attempting to place a large dog into a kennel when she lost her balance and fell to the floor. The employee fractured her right ankle in two locations resulting in admission to the hospital for surgery.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.	Floor
29/10/2015	Donald Construction Services, Inc.	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee lost his footing while climbing down a ladder and fell approximately eight feet to the concrete ground fracturing the left leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Ladders
18/09/2015	PREMIER BEVERAGE	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was walking down the ramp of a delivery trunk using a hand dolly to carry five cases. He slipped and the metal part of the dolly landed on his two right middle fingers lacerating them both down to the bone.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.	Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker	Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
01/09/2015	Westin Colonnade at Coral Gables	Coral Gables	Florida	An employee was responding to a call of the A/C unit inside the attic not operating. She fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below through an open hatch in the attic, breaking her ankle and sustaining a head injury.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening	Ceilings, walls
22/08/2015	Currier Roofing, Inc.	Cape Coral	Florida	An employee pulled the start cord on a generator, and the generator fell on the employee. The employee suffered a strained knee.	Strains	Knee(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Generators
21/08/2015	Pike Corporation, Inc.	Coral Springs	Florida	An employee was hooking up a backyard machine to a digger derrick when the employee's finger got caught between the hook and the backyard machine. The employee's pinky finger broke.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells	Drilling machines, drilling augers
16/08/2015	Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.	Coral Springs	Florida	On 8-16-2015, at about 1750 p.m., an employee was working at the special services return desk when a can of red mahogany Minwax spilled. The vapors caused the employee to have difficulty breathing and triggered an asthma attack. She was hospitalized.	Other poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode	Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnish
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