Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-03 | Altamonte Springs | Fl | Emerson International, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
On September 3, 2021, an employee was climbing down a 6-foot A-frame ladder after cleaning an AC drain. He lost his balance, fell, and hit his head on the top of a cubicle wall. He suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-16 | Altamonte Springs | Fl | ROW Solution, LLC. | Lower leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On August 16, 2021, an employee was using a concrete saw cutter to cut an 8-inch diameter PVC sewer pipe when the blade contacted his left calf, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Malta | Mt | American Prairie Foundation | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee and co-workers were taking apart bison fence panels when a fence panel fell onto the employee, resulting in a broken pelvis, broken vertebra, and a spinal cord injury. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Altamont | Il | Irwin Seating Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning at or around the paint line oven. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Altamonte Springs | Fl | Buddys Newco, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was visiting a customer's location. While walking up stairs he fell on the stairway and sustained a fractured right ankle/leg. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Advent Health | Lower leg(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
An employee was moving into a new office space and that had junk left in the office areas from previous tenants. He was taking a large piece of commercial glass to the dumpster using a dolly. As he was picking up the glass over his head to throw it in the dumpster, the glass broke and half went into the dumpster and the other half fell on his right lower leg, severely cutting it. He was hospitalized with a severed tendon. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Johnson Battery | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was on-site (outside) working on a forklift battery. He was burning a negative cable on the battery. When he finished, he pushed the battery back into the forklift. He noticed that the battery was on an incline and it was slowly moving. He grabbed the battery and his right index finger was pinched by the battery causing injury to the finger. | |||||
2020-01-21 | Altamont | Illinois | Arends Hogan Walker LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was pulling down the hood of a sprayer and had one foot on the step and one foot on the sprayer frame. The employee was hooking up the strap to the crane on the service truck when the employee's foot slipped. The employee fell from the sprayer and struck the ground, breaking the hip socket and requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-09-19 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | AdventHealth DeLand | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was exposed to latex balloons in a conference room and had an anaphylactic reaction. | |||||
2019-08-26 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Greyfox Construction Corp | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After constructing a concrete sidewalk, an employee was found slumped over during a break. He was hospitalized due to heat-related illness. | |||||
2019-08-16 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | The Davey Tree Expert Co | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on the rack of a bucket truck, preparing to enter the bucket, when he fell to the ground and suffered a head injury. | |||||
2019-06-26 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | US COATING SPECIALISTS LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
An employee was setting up hoses and a sprayer to spray coat a roof. He fell 30 feet off the roof and fractured bones. | |||||
2019-05-22 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Skanska-Granite-Lane A Joint Venture | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was helping a crew perform a dry run for placing concrete slab when his hand was caught in a wrench drive shaft that engaged, causing a right hand laceration and finger dislocation. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | MACY'S, Inc. | Knee(s) | Trip without fall, n.e.c. |
A maintenance employee was working on the roof. He was walking down the fixed stairs from the cooling tower when he missed a step and both his knees gave out. He caught himself on the rail and did not fall. He suffered from torn tendons behind both kneecaps, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2019-04-05 | Terra Alta | West Virgini | Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee was feeding a client when the client bit off the tip of the employee's right little finger. | |||||
2019-04-04 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | AdventHealth | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking along a sidewalk at work when she tripped on an uneven section and fell to the sidewalk, fracturing her right arm and wrist. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | VRC COMPANIES, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
At 11:30 a.m. on March 26, 2019, an employee was on the lift gate of a truck when it was raised and pinched his middle toe against the truck. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | The Home Depot USA Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was using a 9-step ladder to pack down dryer ducts. As she was descending the ladder, she missed the bottom step and fell, breaking her ankle. | |||||
2019-01-15 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Suncoast Post-Tension, Ltd. Corporation | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
Part of the safety cable that ran vertically along the post that was covered by previously poured concrete had been chipped away. As the employee squatted and held onto the safety cable to look at the outer side of the post, the safety cable gave way, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall forward 14 feet over the edge of the second level of the parking garage. The employee was hospitalized with 2 broken heels. | |||||
2019-01-14 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Engineered Cooling Services | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was attempting to remove a scroll compressor and was pulling on the suction line while his helper was heating the solder joint enough to allow him to pull the joint apart. His helper was in the process of removing the flame when hot refrigerant oil sprayed onto the employee's face, forearm, and neck, causing burns. | |||||
2018-07-27 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | National Property Management Associates, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to cut molding. His hand slipped and the saw blade partially amputated a finger. | |||||
2018-05-14 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | RACI Intermediate Holdings, LLC | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
An employee was moving a mirror when it cracked and lacerated his forearm, severing a tendon and causing nerve and arterial damage. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2018-05-07 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | US Foods, Inc. | Sole(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While backing away from a delivery truck, an employee stepped onto a box (case) that was stacked behind them. The employee became unstable, lost balance, and fell to the ground, breaking a bone in the bottom of the left foot. | |||||
2018-04-19 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | GIBBS & REGISTER, INC. | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a piece of lumber with a cut-off saw when the piece collapsed and pinched the saw blade, causing the saw to kick back. The employee lost control of the saw, and it contacted/lacerated his left bicep. | |||||
2018-02-01 | Malta | New York | Performance Contracting, Inc. | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking downstairs, passed out and fell down the stairs resulting in a fractured skull. | |||||
2017-08-17 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Utilities, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became lightheaded from heat stress while reading water meters, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-06 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Zoes Kitchen | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting chicken with a cleaver when it cut his left middle finger to the bone. | |||||
2017-07-27 | Malta | Montana | CENTURY COMPANY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was chipping asphalt in a dump truck. The employee tossed the spud bar from the truck and caught his right index finger between the spud bar and the truck body resulting in amputation of the first digit. | |||||
2017-07-08 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | WC Staffing Solutions | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was pressure-cleaning when he lost his balance. The machine malfunctioned and the high-pressure spray lacerated his left foot. | |||||
2017-06-06 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Wharton-Smith, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was holding a pipe level as it went through a machine when he slipped, lost his balance, and let go of the pipe. He tried to straighten it, but the pipe crushed his pinky fingertip between it and the adjacent concrete wall. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-02-20 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | TRI-CITY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee on a ladder was drilling a hole in concrete when the drill bit made contact with a rebar rod and kicked back, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the floor. He broke his left foot and right leg. | |||||
2016-09-20 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Nature's Care Orlando, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was trimming a bush with a hedge trimmer when the trimmer became caught up on a bush and kicked back onto the employee. He covered his face with his right hand and his index finger was fractured. | |||||
2016-08-24 | Malta | Idaho | J. R. Simplot Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on a small trailer loading irrigation pipe, slipped and fell to the ground breaking bones in the back. | |||||
2016-07-18 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Florida Hospital Altamonte | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee suffered an allergic reaction to latex balloons that had been placed on the work floor as decoration for an event. The employee was later hospitalized. | |||||
2016-07-14 | Altamont | Illinois | Irwin Seating Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 07/14/2016, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee was using a saw to cut 4'x8' panels. As the employee was retracting the table back to its starting position, the blade cut the employee's right-hand middle, ring, and pinky fingers, amputating the pinky and ring fingertips. | |||||
2016-07-08 | Altamont | New York | Golub Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was standing outside of the restroom when his hand was placed in or near the door jam as a coworker opened the door from the inside. The employee's hand was pinned between the side of the door and the door jam, partially amputating the left ring finger from the mid-nail. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Malta | New York | ABM Industries | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell on a sidewalk at a client site and broke her arm. | |||||
2016-02-19 | Altamont | Illinois | BK Resources, Inc. | Sole(s) | Stepped on object |
While accessing an area near a sprinkler system, an employee stepped on an exposed, protruding 1/4" x 2" concrete anchor, which punctured the employee's left foot and required surgery. | |||||
2015-11-10 | Altamont | Illinois | Irwin Seating Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Three of an employee's left-hand fingertips were amputated while he was adjusting a press brake to bend 90-degree angles on bench seating. | |||||
2015-10-23 | Altamont | New York | Shawcor Limited | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
The employee was resting his hand on a piece of equipment while preparing to calibrate it. He turned to his right and his left pinky and glove were caught in the belt mount of the equipment. He was transported to the hospital and suffered a partial fingertip amputation with no bone loss. The bone was fractured at the tip. | |||||
2015-09-11 | Malta | New York | Power Cleaning Technologies, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was pressure washing a house and was stung by bees. Due to a bee allergy, the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-07-26 | Alta | California | U.S. FOREST SERVICE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee suffered burns to both hands and the right side of the face while moving a vehicle on the fire line on 7/26/15 at 5 p.m. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Cambridge Management Service | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While moving a dumpster form underneath the garbage chute to empty it, the employee's left arm was caught between the dumpster and the wall, breaking it. The fracture required hospitalization and surgery to repair. | |||||
2015-04-15 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Gale Insulation Winter Park | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell 8 to 9 feet from a second floor while sweeping debris. The employee leaned against the guardrail to look down; the guardrails failed, causing him to fall. | |||||
2015-02-05 | Malta | New York | ASML | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was troubleshooting the installation of a tool (XT1000 - used in wafer semi conductor manufacture) when a door would not open. The employee tried to manipulate the door resulting in a right thumb tip amputation. | |||||
2015-01-15 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Brookdale, dba Horizon Bay Altamonte Springs | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While walking into the dining manager's office from the stove area, an employee slipped on the threshold of the office door and landed on his left elbow and onto his back. Preliminary diagnosis was concussion without loss of consciousness, acute headache, cervical sprain, thoracic spine sprain, and lumbar spine sprain. | |||||
2015-01-15 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from the platform of a 3-step ladder when taking products down from the shelf. |