| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Auburndale | Fl | UFP AUBURNDALE, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was stacking 1-by-3, 12-foot-long boards from the conveyor outfeed. His right middle finger was pinched between the guard and the links covering the chain as he was picking up the board from the chain conveyor resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Auburndale | Wi | Wiskerchen Cheese, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| As an employee was removing a wheel of cheese from a hydraulic wheel cutter, her right little fingertip was pinched underneath a cutting wire, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Auburndale | Fl | CD Staffing, Inc. | Shoulder(s) and back | Struck by object or equipment |
| A temporary employee was using a blasting pressure hose with chemicals in the pulp area when the hose hit their left side on the upper back and left armpit area causing a laceration. | |||||
| 2021-07-19 | Auburndale | Fl | Alvic USA LLC | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A piece of material had become stuck in a machine. Two employees were working to deactivate the machine and remove the struck piece; as one employee removed the piece, the machine activated and broke the other employee's leg. | |||||
| 2021-02-05 | Auburndale | Fl | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was cutting fruit at a fruit station and had difficulty breathing. The employee lost consciousness after being exposed to sodium hydroxide that was used to clean the hood and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-08 | Auburndale | Fl | THE CONLAN COMPANY | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was about 8 feet up an extension ladder when he fell, striking the handrail and then the landing of a stairwell. He suffered broken ribs on the right side, as well as internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2020-07-01 | Auburndale | Florida | Medline Industries Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading boxes on a conveyor when the employee's hand entered the moving parts, causing lacerations and crushing injuries. | |||||
| 2020-05-29 | Auburndale | Florida | Oldcastle Inc. | Hand(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was carrying a propane cylinder bottle in the storage area. He was walking and removing the cylinder from the storage cage when he lost his balance upon turning and fell. The cylinder fell on his left hand, causing fractures. | |||||
| 2020-03-24 | Auburndale | Florida | Charter Communications | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder that was leaning against (and strapped to) a telephone pole. He was connecting a line from the pole to a house when he fell about 18 feet to the ground, suffering a broken leg. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | Auburndale | Florida | L&W Supply | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was directing trucks at the company site yard. A truck ran over his feet, breaking the left one. | |||||
| 2018-09-06 | Auburndale | Florida | Saddle Creek Corporation | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a clamp lift truck and following another clamp lift to the dock. The lifts were travelling in reverse so the employees had a clear view to the front. The front lift stopped suddenly, and the employee's lift ran into the clamp on the front lift. The employee was struck by the clamp, lacerating his leg from the ankle to above the knee. | |||||
| 2018-06-14 | Auburndale | Florida | Buckhead Meat Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was trimming a pork loin with a saw when the meat slipped and his right index finger contacted the blade, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-03-07 | Auburndale | Florida | MACHINE & WELDING SUPPLY COMPANY | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was jogging a cylinder cart onto the lift gate of a service truck when he lost his balance and his right leg was caught by the cart, leaving him hanging upside down. He managed to pull himself back up and fell from the lift gate (3.5 to 4 feet high) to the ground below, fracturing his left tibia. | |||||
| 2018-01-28 | Auburndale | Florida | Cantex Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing hanging pipes from a conveyor when her finger became caught in a nip point on the conveyor, partially amputating her fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-09-20 | Auburndale | Florida | On Target Staffing, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a plastic bottle jam in a running trimming machine when the trimmer amputated the employee's right index and middle fingertips. | |||||
| 2017-04-14 | Auburndale | Florida | Cantex Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a machinery line to make PVC pipes when a pipe became stuck or misaligned. The employee was attempting to fix the problem when his right middle and ring fingers were smashed between two pipes, amputating the fingers to the first joint. | |||||
| 2017-01-08 | Auburndale | Florida | Cutrale Citrus Juices USA, Inc. | Knee(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| An employee was stepping off a tanker trailer ladder to the ground when she twisted and fractured her left knee. | |||||